Minstrel Shows and Hip-Hop the Degradation of the African American Culture For the y2k generation‚ Hip-Hop Music has been the center of popularity and interest. In the late 1800’s Minstrel shows served the same purpose. Throughout the various generations music and theatre have had a large impact throughout the community. However this impact is not always positive. What was originated as positive became negative very quickly. The minstrel show‚ which was originally intended to be harmless
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[Type the company name] 2013 Is Hip-Hop Music Ruining Our Teenagers? [Type the document subtitle] Ja’Quarious Baker [Type the company address] 8248267 Is hip hop ruining our teenager’s lives? A lot of people say that it is. Statistics show that teenagers that listen to Hip Hop music are typically more violent‚ and also a lot more social. The use of profane language absurd music videos and promotion of drugs and other substances is often the cause to be. But look past all the speculations
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stores in the United States. In 1989 a local group called N.W.A.(Niggaz Wit Attitudes) came from out of L.A. and changed rap‚ which was the start of Gangsta Rap. In their lyrics they talked about crime‚ street violence and killing. Once they were a huge hit‚ it caught on‚ and really that’s when all this madness started. Everyone started rapping Gangsta style. More and more people started rapping about police brutality and killing people and with that crime rose to high levels. In my opinion it’s not
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Juno cannot afford any type of luxuries for herself as she definitely does deserve it. The poverty is evident on page 12 in Juno’s comment to Mr. Boyle‚ “eat your breakfast… it may be the last you’ll get for I don’t know where the next one is goin to come from.” But even this will not cause concern for Juno’s principles when on page six we learn that Juno is against Trade Unions‚ “When the employers sacrifice wan victim‚ the Trade Unions go wan betther be sacrificin’ a hundred.” Then Mary
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More than any other rapper‚ Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions‚ as well as the party vibes of old school rap. Instead‚ Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound‚ G-Funk. BDP’s early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the criminal mind‚ but Dre’s records with N.W.A. celebrated the hedonistic‚ amoralistic side of gang life. Dre was never much of a rapper -- his rhymes were simple
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when she was only 16. Tony is protective of Wes‚ although Wes doesn’t see him as often as Tony spends most of his time in the Murphy Homes Projects and has been dealing drugs since before the age of ten. By the time he was 14‚ he was a “certified gangsta” with a strong reputation. While on the phone with Wes‚ Tony asks about school; Wes attends an elementary school nicknamed “Chicken Pen‚” where 99% of the students are black and 70% receive free lunches. Tony tells his little brother to “take this
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Quote 2 "It ain’t so funny‚ him an’ me goin’ aroun’ together‚" George said at last. "Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died‚ Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while." Analysis George describes his friendship with Lennie in no abstract terms and with no justifications. To George‚ he and Lennie just got used to each other‚ naturally‚ but it’s pretty
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initially refused at the doors of labels because nobody at the time believed that could work. Labels were further uncompliant when West presented songs with religious references‚ such as "Jesus Walks" because such lyrics were not deemed as marketable as gangsta rap music. His constant push to spread his soulful music shaped the mind of the industry to understand that not every person who raps has to communicate street life through their words. Today‚ years later‚ almost
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Cited: Davis‚ William T.‚ ed. Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation‚ 1606-1646. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons‚ 1908. Early Americas Digital Archive. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. Goins‚ William M.‚ ed. “The Forgotten Story of American Indian Slavery.” Pan-Tribal Confederacy of Indigenous Tribal Nations. Pan-Tribal Confederacy‚ n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2011. Griffing‚ Robert. “He Befriended Me Greatly.” King William’s War. Passagen‚ n.d
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what we can consider his first “products”. 2) Dr. Dre’s prototype is his first experience as a successful artist which came in the form of his time at the World Class Wreckin’ Cru. His sense of what the audience wanted and the popularity of the Gangsta Rap are all integral elements of his first prototype. What followed next was a line of products that somehow knew exactly what the audience
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