Eminem, a highly respected white rapper, grew up in poverty in a black community. His authentic experiences and life struggles is how he is justified to be appropriate in the participation of Hip-hop (Ford, 2004). However, his successes were not only based off his skills as a rapper, but credit his success to his race and to his record label's intended audience: the white consumer. ... They unknowingly mock the culture that they are apparently living in by conforming to the stereotypical images of how someone should appear in that particular culture. ... This turns rappers and those who a...

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As the debate is enormous I have decided to only concentrate on how today's popular music is having a negative effect on today's youth. ... In order to get a better understanding of how artists have influenced popular culture and how it can lead to having a negative effect (if any at all) on society. ... The live show is a good example of how music can directly influence its audience. ... This is due to the origins of the music and how the mainstream media judges and delivers their once underground music. ... This is stated in Tricia Ross' book Black Noise in which she states, ...

• Word Count: 1948
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The question of how and why certain adolescents become popular among their peers, while others do not, has challenged sociologists and psychologists for as long as those fields of study have existed. ... In short, they know how to work well with and get along with others, and these behaviors underpin their respective forms of popularity. ...

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Donnell starts the essay with an immediate fishhook, "I"m cool like this:" (367) in order to firstly grab the reader's attention and secondly to make the initial point about just how cool he is. ... He starts out his fourth paragraph using, "Once upon a time ." only to describe the story of how "niggas" came to be, and how they differ from black people. ... Donnell does an excellent job of not only showing the readers what cool really means to people of African background, but also in giving some examples of why and how that came to be in a very clear way. ... It's a bit hard to i...

• Word Count: 1153
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate