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...

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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. ...

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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. ......

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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? ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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