Death Row, Bad Boy. ... Diddy) is the CEO of Bad Boy Entertainment. ... Leading their convoy, was Knight's black BMW, with Shakur in the passenger seat. ... When his vehicle came to a stop, a black Chevy Impala pulled up along side of it. ... 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. ... I remember the lead character Lee, being idolized by a lot of cats, and I always wondered if he was a real B-boy. ... I viewed it as a West Coast reenactment of the B-boy scene, not really knowing the science behind its creation. ... The camera would pan the dance floor, showing two B-boys, in the typical B-boy stance, staring at each other. ... The reality was that no one was getting killed over no B-boy battle. ...
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. ... He also threatened to kill all the members of Bad Boy Records which took the feud from being strictly through their music, but on to the streets. ... Tupac shedding is hard bad boy image was an interesting new dynamic for him. ...
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. ... His music has done what no others have; he built an unbreakable bond between whites and blacks. ... Eminem also recognizes the other rappers in the business, who are mostly black, that want to take his spot at the top. ... This was never the case with any black rapper representing the art form and culture to white crowds, certainly not one like Tupac, who was at one point the black hip-hop artist of the ...
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. ...
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...
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. ... Of course they can, and it will be easier for them too, but the question is, will they successfully change the whole perception of music, as black folk has done to music since the beginning of time? ... "- Method Man Method Man, and his group the Wu- Tang Clan has raised many issues in the lives of Black Americans. ...
Individual performances that prefigured rap While rap as a musical genre started in the 80s, there have been many black and white performers who succeeded with rap-style performances in early jazz, blues, pop, and country performances. ... Custer", the tale of a reluctant Indian fighter; "All American Boy", the story of Elvis Presley, "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens, "He's free as the breeze, He's always at ease, He lives in the jungle and hangs by his knees". ...
Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is one of the best rappers that had ever lived. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971. It seems that his life was destined to be troublesome being that his mother was incarcerated when he was born. Tupac lived with relatives most of h...
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 vengeance in their music. ... The world is yet to change and we are surrounded by music which pounds young souls, and influences the Cardstacking against blacks in the society, and lastly it is caused by damaged childhood adult Rappers. ...
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. ...
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 making a tremendous profit. In 1996 total revenues of the partly Time Warner owned Tommy Boy were $23.7 billion.2 Time Warner had the power to boost rap artists, but also control...
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). ...
When Tupac was young, his mother was a member of the organization known as "The Black Panthers." ... 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. ... The vehicle that most people showed as the car in which Tupac was shot in was a blue BMW where as the police report specifically stated the vehicle was a Black BMW and how could a vehicle get shot 12 times and 1 person get hit 5 times and the driver gets skinned by shrapnel. ...
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...
I chose to do research on hip-hop dancing and culture in Hong Kong. I wanted to know the current status of hip-hop dancing, how it was before and gain an insight on its future. I had the great opportunity to interview some hip-hop teachers in Hong Kong and local dancers. With hip hop dancing there are many styles. There is the breaking, popping, locking, freestyle, new school, old school and mainstream routines. ...
