I Love Rap Research Paper

The real name of Lil Boosie is Torrence Hatch and he is known by another name professionally Boosie Badazz. He is born on 14th November 1982. He is an American rapper and right now his net worth is around $4 million.

Rap music has become one of the most distinctive and controversial music genres of the past few decades. A major part of hip hop culture, rap, discusses the experiences and standards of living of people in different situations ranging from racial stereotyping to struggle for survival in poor, violent conditions. Rap music is a vocal protest for the people oppressed by these things. Most people know that rap is not only music to dance and party to, but a significant form of expression. It is a source of information that describes the rage of people facing growing oppression, declining opportunities for advancement, changing moods on the streets, and everyday survival. Its distinct sound, images, and attitude are notorious to people of all

What is a Nigger? This one term holds hatred that has transcended generations, and though now only whispered in the homes of white elitist and the ignorant, still is at the root of many of the racial issues African American’s face in America. Despite this, within the African American community the word “nigger” has transformed into the word “nigga”. Thus, changing the connotation from a shackle that made clear one’s position on the social hierarchy to a link that has bounded the community spiritually, symbolizing endearment and brotherhood when used by other African Americans. The change in connotation can now be seen in multiple formats within African American Pop

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., better known as Lil Wayne is an American hip hop artist from New Orleans, Louisiana.He was born on September 27, 1982. At the age of 9, Lil Wayne joined the Cash Money Records. Lil Wayne has been creating music since he was 8 years old. He also grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans, Hollygrove.

Hip Hop has had an overwhelming influence on society as a whole. Hip Hop is more than music, Hip Hop is a culture. Over the past three decades, Hip Hop has influenced and uplifted America, speaking up for generations and providing a voice to a group of people trying to deliver a message. Hip Hop has provided a platform for MCs and rappers to express their opinions about society. Additionally, Hip Hop culture can be viewed as a direct response to the socio-economic issues that sometimes spawned from history.

There are a large amount of genres and subgenres in the modern music industry. Many musical genres borrow from the same foundation or even borrow from each other. Hip-hop and rock are two popular genres, with hip-hop, now being the most popular music genre in the United States. They are two very distinct genres that have their own styles, elements, and culture that are the foundation of their music. Rock music is a broad genre of music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s.

Greg Tate of the Encyclopedia Brittanica (insider for hip-hop music) stated best that “...the romanticization of the outlaw at the centre of much of gangsta rap appealed to rebellious suburbanites as well as to those who had firsthand experience of the harsh realities of the ghetto.” Here, Tate explains the true meaning behind the genre ‘gangsta rap’. Though brutal and straightforward, this music selection was an expression of freedom for those stuck in low-income homes, poverty stricken neighborhoods, drug polluted streets, and gang filled high schools. Gangsta rap not only proved to be an outlet from the ‘ghettos’ but it also altered the hip-hop sound. Gangsta rap proved, in the early 80s and late 90s, to be the music that would alter the previous hip-hop movement through narrative lyrics, hardcore beats, and realistic messages from the east and west coasts.

Dr. Dre had to make a love track for his boss, Lorenzo. Dre took that opportunity to get his friends, Ice Cube, Eazy E, and DJ Yella together to make "Boyz In Tha Hood". The rap song was made for an other group to sing but they didn't like the song so they left. Then Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and DJ Yella made Eazy rap it because the song was about him. After getting more than 200,000 dollars, N.W.A had MC Ren join the group to help impress different record companies. They made the song "Dopeman" and impressed the founder of Priority Records, Brain Turner. When N.W.A got into Priority Records they made "Straight Outta Compton". The album made triple platinum and made more than 2,ooo,ooo dollars and was the 2nd highest grossing album at the time.

What is Hip Hop?an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city.

Since the slave days, African Americans have used plenty of diverse platforms of communication to tell their stories and voice blunt truths that otherwise would have remained hidden. Autobiographies, books, paintings, movies, films, and poems have all been used one way or another to bring delicate but imperative topics to light and inspire change. In today’s society, rap music is one of most prevalent and powerful tools used to spread messages and impact society. With the power to reach thousands, rap music is a very influential form of self-expression that many can relate to and personally enjoy. But like other tools, rap music can quickly turn from a tool of instruction into a tool of mis-education.

J-rap music is too often mistaken as imitating the orthodox genre of rap, and it’s not. Although, influenced by old-school rap, J-rap is still unique. A lot of rap music produced today is commercial, and the artists are making their riches promoting negative images to the youth of today’s society. At one time, rap music served as a medium to empower youth in a positive way. However, today rap is giving far too much praise to criminal deportment and meantime, while American rappers continue to advocate gangster rap singing about guns, drugs, and sex J-rap, on the other hand, doesn’t. When it comes down to Japanese artist rapping about mind altering substances “beer and marijuana” is in their lyrics, but harder substance such as “crack cocaine

Snoop Dogg was briefly detained on suspicion of illegal drug use in Sweden on Saturday night. Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr in real life, he insisted that he was a victim of racial profiling.

     Imagine an inner city kid having grown u in an environment where real life street violence is a way of life. His body, having survived personal experiences of violence, endured barely life sustained conditions, and many sleepless nights caused by the constant yet unpredictable call of death. His mind doubtful over where his next meal will come from, lost in search of some higher guidance, struggling through a world, not of innocent childish fantasies, but trapped in a forced reality. His only outlet is the loud blaring music coddling his already pent-up rage, an escape from these harsh realities, seducing him to a life of violence. In him is created a “me against the world” mentality that is manifested in

I caused myself to miss out on a possible great experience with music. Since the start of 2016, a new rap era called “Mumble Rap” caused a spur of people to spew their dislike of rappers who predominately used adlibs in their songs along with extremely low rapping ability. Well known mumble rappers are: Lil Yachty, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Famous Dex, Kodak Black, and Desiigner. I joined this wave of not liking mumble rap to make myself seem better and more knowledgeable to this who listen to mumble rap. I would always say that “I only listen to lyrical people, except for Lil Wayne” or “Mumble rappers are trash and I do not like that”. You will usually see me criticizing people who listen to this new music because I felt as though the music was poisoning to our minds. Contrary to what I was saying, these were not my true feelings. The only reason I said these things was because I followed the thoughts and opinion of the much older people of the hip hop audience. I wanted to be all high and mighty as those individuals and show that I too also enjoyed the rap era from the 1990s to early 2013. Although I preached about how bad this new rap era is and the kind of music I listen to, no one pictured me how I pictured me. I began to notice more and more often, so I began to feel less dislike for the new rap and eventually not care if it is played around me. I would here one of the mumble rapper’s song on the radio and I would find myself liking it. If I am by myself, I would look

I changed my mind about rap music. Growing up, I never really liked it, the quick beats, the vast usage of inappropriate words not equipped for my adolescent ears disgusted me. I associated rap music as being "dirty," only discussing explicit topics and having no real meaning. While everyone else in high school was blaring Drake and Lil Wayne in the parking lots, I was perfectly okay with listening to Demi Lovato or John Legend. During my sophomore year of high school, my friend kept pestering me to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, and even though the songs were raps, I realized I loved it. Eventually, I started to not associate all rap music as detrimental and discovered that some rappers rapped about important messages of adversity, conflict, and pain. This lead me to listen to Chance the Rapper's "Coloring Book, " Childish Gambino's "Red Bone and J Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only." I realized that rap is just poetry with accompaniment, poetry that has the rhythm and style to bring generations of people together.