Rakim Mayers better known as ASAP Rocky‚ is an American rapper and music video director. Born and raised in the New York neighborhood Harlem‚ he is a member of the hip hop collective A$AP MOB‚ from which he adopted his moniker. When he was 12 years old‚ his father went to jail in connection with selling drugs. A year later his older brother was killed near his apartment‚ which inspired him to take rapping seriously. Mayers
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READY TO DIE In 1994‚ Hip Hop artist Notorious B.I.G released his debut album Ready to Die under the Bad Boy Records label. This was marked as the first release on their label. Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. a star and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs’ Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. It’s recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded. The album reached quadruple platinum with infamous tracks Juicy‚ Big Poppa and One More Chance. In June of 1995‚ the single
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Straight Outta Compton is a movie about 5 young men back in the 1980’s who portrayed their life in L.A California Compton into rap music. These five young men were known as‚ Ice cube played by O’Shea Jackson Jr‚ who was the songwriter of the group. Eazy-E Played by Jason Mitchell‚ who was the main singer of the group Dr. Dre played by Corey Hawkins who made the beats of the groups song’s‚ Mc Ren played by Aldis Hodge and Dj Yella played by Neil Brown who was the DJ in NWA’s Group. Their Groups Name
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Quentin Tarantino and the Director as DJ MICHAEL RENNETT I 1990S‚ TIMOTHY CORRIGAN DEFINED A NEW KIND OF film auteur as “celebrity‚” exemplified by Quentin Tarantino‚ Spike Lee‚ and Oliver Stone. He describes these directors as selfpromotional machines‚ in which “the artistic expression of contemporary directors is fully bound up with the celebrity industry of Hollywood” (38–39). Essentially‚ contemporary directors are marketing themselves as a specific brand‚ and the films created by each auteur
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Thomas Lane English 1001 3/5/07 Cultural misconceptions Many cultures are often misunderstood by the rest of society. This lack of understanding by society at large of specific cultures often leads to misconceptions about a given society. These generalizations apply to all types of cultures and they also apply to societies understanding of the Hyphy movement. The Hyphy movement is a culture with many aspects yet there are many misunderstandings regarding this culture that have been used to crack
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City 2‚ released on November 20‚ 2007. His debut Warner Bros. single “Say Yeah” reached number 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 music chart and number 20 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Tracks. The song samples “Better Off Alone” by Alice Deejay. Khalifa’s vocals from “Say Yeah” appear near the end of Pittsburgh mash up producer Girl Talk’s 2008 album‚ Feed the Animals‚ over music from Underworld’s “Born Slippy”‚ Usher’s “Love in This Club”‚ and the Cure’s “In Between Days”. Khalifa appeared with The Game
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albums worldwide. As stated in ‘The Guardian’ newspaper online Nicky Minaj’s music is appealing at young boys and girls. With the genre of hip-hop‚ pop‚ rap and R&B Nicky have made a connection with different fans appealing and matching their genre. Also we can see she has succeeded in her career as she has more than 18 million followers on twitter and instagram‚ she’s been portrayed
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society is huge‚ since the days of 2pac‚ Biggy smalls‚ Snoop Dog‚ Ice Cube‚ Dr. Dre to Jay-Z‚ Eminem‚ Lil’ Wayne‚ 50 cent‚ Kanye West and so on. These rappers are best known for their lyrics and rhythms that have made them unique in the war of rap music. Some argue that rappers inculcate the negative life style and behaviors in the young generations such as “Life should be about smoking weed‚ money and sex” yet not all understand that these rappers ain’t all about that life. What is a role model
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“Runaway Love” Ludacris does a remarkable job of portraying his message about the struggles that some adolescents are faced with. “Runaway Love”‚ by Ludacris‚ featuring Mary J. Blige (2007)‚ represents the theme of struggle through hip-hop and rap music. It is about little girls who are “stuck up in the world on their own.” They have to take care of themselves because the people they are around do not care about them. They range from nine to eleven years in age‚ and their goal in life‚ at such a
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Did you know that one of the most successful music artists of our time at one point had to think about working at a restaurant just to make ends meet? Yes‚ this is one of the things that happened to Drake. Aubrey Drake Graham has not only become one of the greatest artists of the 21st century‚ but he has also peaked many people’s interest with his diverse upbringing and interesting back story. He can relate to so many people and this is one of the reasons people love him. Aubrey Drake Graham was
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