Death Row, Bad Boy. ... Diddy) is the CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment. ... In one song entitled "Hit Em Up,"" Shakur bragged about having sex with Small's wife, and vowed to kill him (Ibid.). ... Leading their convoy, was Knight's black BMW, with Shakur in the passenger seat. ... A black Chevy Impala in Mack's garage with a shrine to Shakur on the walls 2.) ...
MCing, Grafitti, D-Jaying, and B-boying, were all created in the Bronx. ... So we practiced a lot, and then we just had a sit down and we talked about the West coast culture and the East coast culture. ... The camera would pan the dance floor, showing two B-boys, in the typical B-boy stance, staring at each other. ... And I thought about it, and I'm like I got into more fights dancing than I did f****n stepping on peoples shoes. ... The reality was that no one was getting killed over no B-boy battle. ...
"Did [you] hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?... His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an active member of the Black Panther movement, she was pregnant with Tupac while she was imprisoned for participating in riots ( Edwards " From Poetry to Rap: The Lyrics of Tupac Shakur"). ... These messages, although controversial gave Tupac his "bad boy" image that is one of the most remembered things about him. ... It was then that Death Row Records contacted Tupac about a record deal. ... Tupac shedding is hard bad boy image was an interesting new dynamic for hi...
The four elements of Hip-Hop are b-boying, graffiti, dj-ing, and lastly emceeing or commonly known as rapping. ... Another stereotype of hip-hop lyricists is that rappers are black and could only be black, and if they"re not black, they"re "whack". ... Most rappers today that aren't black could even keep hip-hop realer then those other black rappers that don't know squat about true hip-hop. ... Eminem isn't black and he's rocking it better then any other black artist that's been in the scene longer then him. ... I"m not discriminating against black rappers but that i...
Eventually Stan kills himself and his girlfriend in a way that Eminem has rapped about numerous times. ... Tucker fought the rap industry because she believes the rap music today glamorizes black on black crime. She believes that the producers of rap music are trying to exploit and stereotype the black youth for profit. ... The parents should get the blame in a case like Ice T's, because the boy was under their guidance, if there was any. ... Gradually I began to see what it was all about and I began wanting to experience it myself. ...
He's 37 now, but his music first hit at a time when the music industry was dominated by the first wave of millennial glitz and glamour: boy bands, meaningless rap lyrics, and bling. ... The lyrics to "Rap God" expose Eminem's personal thoughts about his role in music as a white rapper in black industry. ... He gets his listeners to think about what they would do if they were put in his shoes; it tells us a story from his point of view. ... Eminem is not afraid to say what is on his mind; he became iconic for his willingness to speak the truth openly about race issues. ......
Black Social Movement "Hip- Hop as a Revolution" Music has played a significant role upon culture for Black Americans. ... Every pop group and boy- band that is selling albums today is attempting to be part of the revolution that is hip- hop. ... Hip- hop is speaking out about a struggle. ... "- Method Man Method Man, and his group the Wu- Tang Clan has raised many issues in the lives of Black Americans. ... Isn't this what life is about? ...
Last Artist Young Buck seems very presumptuous to repeat lyrics as such "my finger nails still filled with cocaine residue" which exposes him to be a drug attic, of which he seems to be heedless about. ... During registration there were to freeport females behind me conversing about Nassau. I was instantly drawn by the commending comment they made of the number of Nassau boy's towing COB'S line just to attain a placement to learn at the institution. ... Members of Society will look at this and begin to think maybe all blacks are the same if rappers are bubbling over with such veng...
When Tupac was 12 years old he performed in his first play, "A Raisin in the Sun", in which he played a boy named "Travis". ... He claims he was harassed as a black motorist. ... He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. ...
Combs, being the owner of the widely known Bad Boy Records, was simply being judged by the ownership of such a name on a record label and the fact that much of his music and his protégés was really how they lived and behaved on a regular basis. ... Many people, whether they like to believe it or not, are intimidated by the way young black culture has came about. Guys wearing oversized shirts and jeans, girls wearing the latest fashions provided by Baby Phat, RocaWear, Ecko Red, and many other brands tend to give people a misunderstanding about modern African American culture and...
Eminem, a top rapper today, sings about killing gays, his mom, and his wife. ... In the late 60's, bands talked about drugs and sex, setting a controversial trend. ... Rapping and beat boxing soon became a way to communicate with other communities about what was happening in the cities, and Hip Hop was something like "a black CNN". 1 It became somewhat of an underground phenomenon spreading all around the country. ... Tommy Boy, another label that launched other Hip Hop prodigies, is 50 percent owned by Time Warner.1 White owned big businesses were taking over the new trend and ma...
According to a recent edition of Webster's Dictionary, hip-hop is "the popular subculture of usually black urban youth, especially as characterized by rap music" (313). ... By using an even more eclectic range, Bambaataa extended the breadth of the hip-hop genre beyond the archetypical black youth and gave an opportunity for everyone and anyone to be a fan of the original sound he was creating. ... Slang terms such as "def," "fresh," "break-boy," "popping," and "emcee" became widespread (D"Cook, 1-3). ... Their aim was to inform the listener about the impact society is having in our ev...
When Tupac was young, his mother was a member of the organization known as "The Black Panthers." ... Tupac's poems were mostly written about life. How he saw it, what he thought and what he felt about it. ... He made waves throughout the music community and the black community. ... Also within time he managed to make many enemies including "Bad Boy Entertainment" which is led by Sean "Puffy" Combs. ...
Whether it is the controversial lyrics or the vicious murders of many artists, violence appears to be an everyday element of this "bad-boy" lifestyle. ... Black Entertainment Television reports that [The New York Post] speculates "Jam Master Jay may have been killed for a dispute over money, and fingered an individual named Curtis Scoon as the prime suspect in the investigation, and the man wanted by police for questioning" (Creekmur, BET). ... Wallace and his recording label Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. had strong influence in the eastern area of the United States, while Shakur and Death Row R...
Also teachers have their own reasons and some are more serious when talking about hip-hop dancing. ... For this first section I will talk about the three hip-hop dancers who became teachers. ... If we are to talk about really taking hip-hop seriously, then he has been dancing for two years. ... I asked Egg about when he became a teacher and he said that he began teaching one year after starting to learn at "Ones To Watch." I was surprised by his response and followed up by asking if he ever thought about teaching hip-hop before he was offered the position. ...
