... who followed in their footsteps" (Reid, MTV 1). The lost of this man is tragic because he helped begin the hip-hop art form, when it was merely a few guys rhyming captivating words in the early nineteen eighties in Queens, New York. Rap artist Ice Cube says, "They"re pioneers. Run-DMC made rap emerge out of hip-hop to be the signature ... encourages artists to rhyme about specific topics. For example murder, homosexuality, theft, and drug usage are all encouraged topics because they exist in society. Therefore some artists think rapping or rhyming about them on a record will not have a ...

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... is rapping. Rapping, originally began as the term "emceing", where the DJ would say things over the beat of the music to get the party goers hyped up. DJ's began rhyming to make their sayings unique. People liked what they heard and began making their own rhymes and trying to become more creative. It then was given the name "rapping" which ... that could be practiced anywhere and perfected. Rap also became popular because it offered unlimited challenges. There was no real set of rules to rapping other than being original and rhyming to the beat of music. The possibilities were endless, ...

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... and it is a musical style the came from the hip-hop culture of the streets. Mainly showing up in New York, rapping was simply the rhyming of words and lines over a beat. At first it was a competition to see who had the most creative insults to another rapper through the rhymes. This ... hit the mainstream audience. Their song Rapper's Delight was a lighthearted song with catchy lyrics and beats and was about getting the party started with their words. Soon the message in rap music came to reflect the street life of New York and urban areas all over the country. Rap was a way for ... it ...

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... MC was to keep the crowd going between songs. This is how rapping came about. DJ Hollywood was one of the first MCs and he would use rhyming verses in his rap. One of the words he used was "hip hop", which later became the name of the culture of those who attended Kool Herc's parties. But still, what is hip hop ... a couple examples of the hip hop language. This language has grown so much that it has developed a politically correct name for it, ebonics. The word ebonics comes from two separate words, ebony and phonics. Earlier I stated that hip hop was a culture for a movement of revolu...

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In a world full of anti-censorship, liberation, and free will, the sky's the limit. Words of hate, bigotry, sexism, and racism grace today's airwaves with no questions asked. Eminem, a top rapper today, sings about killing gays, his mom, and his wife. Jay-Z rants about how ... U.S.: "Yellow Viper, yellow Hummer, Yellow Benz Yellow PT Cruiser, yellow 'Lac on rims, Drop yellow 'Vette and a platinum Rolls Royce,That's seven different cars, everyday I got a choice"1. This type of rhyming became a trend, and people actually bought into it, making rap what it currently is today. Another aspect tha...

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... trife life to lavish Political prisoner set free, stress free No work release purple M3's and jet skis Feel the wind breeze in West Indies- -Nas This lyrical barrage of rhyming and intellect is just a small sample of the talent and wit that the rap community exhibits and possess. Now exist a time where rap is no longer being attached to only ... grades and put 'em in dumber classes, killin shorty future, I wonder how do we last it Underground in they casket? Ancestors turnin I'm learnin something every day, there is no Nazareth Words like God is Greek or Latin So if you study Egypt, you...

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