The lyrics to "Rap God" expose Eminem's personal thoughts about his role in music as a white rapper in black industry. ... One song that signifies the connection he made between different races in music is "Lose Yourself," Eminem's hit off his movie soundtrack 8 Mile. ... This song specifically bridges a gap between music genres and ethnicities. ... The taunting chorus is the most revealing of the songs purpose when he raps, " White America/ I could be one of your kids/ White America/ Little Eric looks just like this/ white America/ Erica loves my shit/ I go to TRL/ L...

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There have been numerous stories flooding the news about teenagers committing suicide or hate crimes due to certain song lyrics among the rap and rock genres. Many rappers do not serve as good role models for the children that listen to their music. ... Rappers such as these write songs focusing on the murdering of policemen and the raping of women for fun, and many children can sing-a-long with these hateful lyrics without fully comprehending the intensity of the situation. ... It is not only the rock community that is home to dozens of musicians writing and recording songs with explicit...

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Featured as the main single on the soundtrack to rapper Eminem's biopic film, 8 mile, the song, "Lose Yourself", is seemingly the perfect theme song for the underdog. ... This essay will examine how the rapper effectively employs ethos, pathos and logos in his lyrics to convey his view of life-you only have one shot. Born Matthew Marshall, III, American rapper, producer and actor, "Eminem", represents himself as an authority on notion of carpe diem. ... In the first verse of the song, which is supported by the choppy, mid-tempo chords of a base guitar, which creat...

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Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. With this in mind, this paper will analyze the potential affects that the rap video, "Beautiful" can have on society. (Used to illustrate the song lyrics of Snoop Dogg, a rapper whose lyrics are usually sexually explicit and violent). ... Now that rap music is mainstream, music video producers target demographic are teenagers to young adults. ... For example, men who see flawless women in music videos...

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If music's purpose is to invoke emotions in the listener, then rapper Eminem has not only discovered this purpose but has utilized the power of music itself to convey his most agonizing traumas. ... However, when Caucasian rapper, Marshall Mathers, a.k.a Eminem, emerged from the slums of his Detroit home, he managed to stir more controversy with his lyrics than most people were ready to cope with. Eminem's lyrics made him "public enemy number one" when he openly rapped about murders and bad mouthed other artists in the music business. ... The intensity of his songs is fueled b...

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Among all these Rap Artist 50 cents drove my attention. ... Rap artist 50 and colleagues in G'D Up are excellent propagandist. ... So for instance if 50 is rapping about drugs the youths admiration for the young rapper will lead them to, to drugs also because of their worship of him they want to have association with anything 50 cents does. ... Thus exposing himself as a hateful Rapper who is willing to commit crimes, and homicides if need be. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and ...

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Songs make common graphic references to sex, drugs and violence, unlike the past where sensitive issues were cleverly veiled. ... Teenagers, who listen to heavy metal or rock music, are attracted because they can connect the lyrics of these songs with their own troubled feelings. "Gangsta rap" music is another type of music that has been very influential over the years. ... Studies have shown that exposure to rap music "tends to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of the use of violence... "[4] We can also see in the media that some rap artists are being arrested for violent crimes in re...

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Even though strong profanity in song lyrics can be traced as far back as the 1960s, it first became a major controversy in the 1980s, with the introduction of rap and heavy metal music. ... For example, rapper Ice-T made quite a stir in 1992 with his song "Cop Killer." In the late 90s, shock rocker Marilyn Manson created controversy with song lyrics that were said to promote suicide. Rapper Eminem continues to attract controversy with his homophobic, anti-woman lyrics that often promote homicide. ... However, with the emergence of hate speech in song lyrics, many liberals have taken the pr...

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Within the rap arena no subject goes untouched. ... Rap lyrics frequently reference breaking out, getting out (Perry, 2004). ... Often Rappers take on the role of an icon or revolutionary historical figure in the black community (Kobin and Tyson, 2006). ... A deeper examination of rap lyrics alludes to this positive racial socialization Dr. ... Rap music should be considered as a necessary tool to reach this particular subculture in America. ...

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One young Englewood native, Keith Cozart (better known as rapper Chief Keef), has spearheaded a movement in Chicago and across the nation focusing on the uprising of a new genre of music: "drill"" music. ... Keef has been shot at by the police, arrested on gun charges, is responsible for a child, and was investigated in the murder case of fellow teenage Chicago rapper Joseph "Lil Jojo" Coleman" (7) (8). ... Drill music, however, has stirred up intense controversy among listeners, as its performers are a plethora of archetypal "Chief Keef's " that rap about what they know: graphic violence...

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This is shown in the song Target Audience' in which he states, I'm sorry I saw a priest being beaten, and I made a wish.... As the media tried to blame the murders on the music however in Eminem's song The Way I Am' he argues back by saying and they blame it on Marilyn and heroin. ... taken from his song Kill You (2000). ... s (Niggers with Attitude) song Fuck the Police' (1992). ... This is stated in Tricia Ross' book Black Noise in which she states, The way rap and rap-related violence are discussed in the popular media is fundamentally linked to a larger...

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The vast majority of television programs, rock and rap music, novels, computer software, and all other cultural offerings, however, fail to turn a profit. ... These resources take the form of persons writers, actors, singers, and so on and the scripts, scenes, songs, and other symbolic forms they create. ...

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This nauseating, migraine-inducing background noise would play behind every song, just enough to make you wonder if you are slipping into insanity through auditory hallucinations, or if some evil bastard actually added those sounds intentionally, just to make it uncomfortable; the sort of sound that would purge a cold sweat through the pores of your skin while standing half-naked in a blizzard. ... My musical soundtrack would include a mysterious lack of rap music, and I will explain that now: I find rap music to be the audible equivalent of dollar store beef jerky; filthy, cheap, nauseating, ...

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For example the popular music artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis created a song about an extremely polarizing issue, gay marriage named "Same Love." This song offended some people, yet that did not stop this song from being played on YouTube 95 million times (Snell). ... Rapper Busta Rhymes displays this when he said, "Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. ...

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Eminem, a highly respected white rapper, grew up in poverty in a black community. ... 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. ... This turns rappers and those who are true to the original culture of Hip-hop from prophets to profits. ... For example, in the documentary "Blacking Up: Hip Hop's remix of race and identity", rapper Vanilla Ice reveals that everything about his career was staged in order to become marketable towards the mainstream a...

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Busta Rhymes is representing himself as he makes himself out to be a very bling bling' character through his songs and through his attitude and in these adverts we see him dressed in his baggy clothes and also with all the gold necklaces and rings. ... The characters in this advert are themselves, they have no specific part to play except the parts that they play through life, and Busta Rhymes often plays the role of a thug and a hard core rapper. ... Busta Rhymes is defined as a bad boy rapper', with the bad experiences of the hood' pushing him on to succeed. ...

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By the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Elizabethans and Jacobeans were using iambic pentameter to exaggerate -- and only slightly -- the song that is spoken English. ... Hip Hop/Rap "Hip-hop is a way of life," according to rapper Busta Rhymes. ... From the Sugarhill Gang to the Beastie Boys, rappers challenge the DJs' beats and breaks with clever rhymes and thoughtful urban commentaries. B-boys and breakdancers (those who dance during the break of a song) depend on the DJs' vinyl skills, including the scratch, which spawned a movement of experimental turntablism. ...

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Macklemore, a famous rapper, sings "I might not be the same, but that's not important. No freedom till we're equal; [that's] right I support it" in his song "Same Love" dedicated to his gay uncle. (Haggerty) Lady Gaga, another famous singer and bisexual herself, also had many songs devoted to gay pride and regularly expresses her support homosexuality. ... You will now find many television shows with homosexual parents, and or teens, as well as many songs being sung about the homosexual community. ...

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What made this collaboration so unique is the fact that Marley was not alive when Hill did the song. ... American hip-hop, rap, R&B and alternative musicians have collaborated with Jamaican reggae artistes to embellish their own music whether in remixed pieces or original pieces, British artistes have imitated the reggae style and have come up with their own slightly original version, Trinidadian musicians have combined reggae with their own indigenous music to create a unique hybrid and Jamaican calypso musicians have also done the same. ...

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In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. With many instances of descriptive language, narrative techniques, and structural devices, he compares the coolness of himsel...

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Adolescence can be a difficult time, even under the best of circumstances. Adolescents and young adults are engaged in discovering their own identity while also trying to "fit in" with their peer groups, classmates, and coworkers. The forces that shape these developmental processes have grown increasingly more complex and contradictory in the age of the Internet. Young people are exposed to more media influence than at any time in history, and media messages can and do have significant effects on fashion trends and popular fads among young people. The very nature of peer communicatio...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

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