is simply what young Americans today have grown up with. The author’s final plea for the acceptance of rap as true poetry is to clear the misconception to all rap music revolves around stereotypically “gansta” lyrics‚ violence‚ and misogyny. The “gangsta” style is just one niche of music‚ “and less dominant than it once was. Rap‚ considered as a literature rather than it’s top selling hits‚ addresses a wide range of topics‚ even including science fiction.” (20) McWhorter mentions Jay Z‚ whose “magesterial
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In many countries you’ll find magazines and radio shows devoted to hip-hop‚ and anyone who has ever spent a few hours watching MTV will know that it also has a high profile there. Mike I think hip-hop is the most overrated musical genre‚ and that gangsta rap is probably its worst subcategory. All those guys boasting about their guns‚ their cars and their wealth‚ and talking about women as if they’re nothing more than objects – it’s not exactly a positive message‚ is it? A lot of their so-called music
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O’shea Jackson or more widely known as Ice Cube was born June 15‚ 1969‚ in the South Central area of Los Angeles. He is son of Doris‚ a hospital clerk/custodian‚ and Hosea Jackson‚ who worked as a groundskeeper at UCLA. He went to William Howard Taft Charter high school and studied at the Phoenix Institute of Technology‚ and with the help of his parents he was able to navigate the tricky streets of South Central L.A that were getting shaped by drugs‚ guns‚ and violence. O’shea Jackson was a good
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Press: Chicago Cashmore‚ E. (1997) The Black Culture Industry‚ London: Routledge Cohen‚ P. & Baines‚ H. (1982) Multi-Racist Britain‚ London: Macmillan Cohen‚ S. (1973) Folk Devils and Moral Panics‚ St Albans: Paladin Dyson‚ M. (1996) Between God and Gangsta Rap‚ University Press: Oxford Neal‚ M. (1999) Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture: What the Music Said‚ London: Routledge Oliver‚ P. (1990) Black Music in Britain‚ University Press: Milton Keynes Springhall‚ J. (1998) Youth‚ Popular Culture
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violence and pain. Not music to create any of the above but more so a way for the artist to share and heal. The music serves the listeners the same. The music heals them by letting them share there pain by saying the verses in there head. This is what "gangsta"
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The issue on the table is that California is trying to pass a ¨no pass/no drive¨ law to encourage high school students to get better grades and not drop out. I believe that this law should be passed because of the 25% drop out rates in schools in America and the proof to show that No pass/No drive laws work. For example‚ as in the article ¨´Ńo Pass/No Drive´: The Answer To High School Drop-out Rates?¨ the author references a study done in 2000 that proved No pass/No drive to be successful in lowering
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“A” student. He felt as though report cards never really reflected his true intelligence‚ and that music was the best way to convey himself. He soon took on the name Gangsta D‚ and started creating rhymes. At age 11‚ he persuaded the Cash Money label to take him on‚ even if it was just doing odd jobs. In 1997‚ he dropped the name Gangsta D‚ due to a father whom abandoned him‚ and officially became known as Lil Wayne. Since the start of his career‚ he has gone on to win 40 awards‚ and has been nominated
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Throughout its brief history rap has been criticized for its violent misogyny and whether rap music is portrayed with “music violence”‚ “lethal lyrics”‚ “violent pornography”‚ and “aural violence” that has been expressed against rap because it provided a “gangsta ideology”‚ a shameless acceptance of violence and misogyny (Armstrong 184). In the article “Hip Hop Culture Mirrors the Negative Effects in Society?” By Leigh Haugh‚ she questions if hip-hop has become a negative influence on not only ourselves as
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everyone is listening to it. 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 all these years
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the fault of an America who financially applauds the embellishment of such behaviours that are now deemed‚ unacceptable. Disdain for the music genre directly attacks the outlet created by young people to voice their anger with American society. “Gangsta rap gained notoriety‚ in part‚ due to its misogynous themes‚ encouragement of hypermaterialism‚ violent lyrics‚ and the behavior of some of its artists. However‚ antisocial behaviors‚ or activities considered reprobate by predominant cultural norms
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