... artist of all times, was gunned down after a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas. In March of 1997, six months after the Tupac incident, another Hip Hop giant, the Notorious B.I.G. was also shot in killed in Los Angeles. The two latest tragic incident include the Big L shooting in Harlem and the Freaky ... were drug dealers and "gunslingers." However, what people fail to realize is that these artist had left their "thuggish" days behind them and pursued a career in Hip Hop. Ironically, both Big L and Freaky Ty were both killed at places that they were trying to escape when entering the rap ga...

• Word Count: 960
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... quot;Stop" fast enough. It was so much worse than I remembered and I regretted giving it a listen. Thankfully, on May 20, 2004, the Christian Hip-Hop industry was forever changed. That was the date that Lecrae released his first album, "Real Talk". After his debut album reached 29 on the Billboard ... the rest is history. Lecrae's third album "Rehab" hit 16 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it one of the highest selling Christian hip-hop albums at that point in time. On September 4, 2012, Lecrae released "Gravity". This album debuted at 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, demonstrating ... ...

• Word Count: 898
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... and sell records. Another important aspect of this argument that we must analyze is how all of this violence is affecting our society. Hip-hop artists have bad reputations mostly due to the violence that seems to follow them around. I believe the reason for this is the media ... 's constant extreme focus on rap stars and their subsequent violent behaviors. The biggest story to date in the hip-hop world was the feud that went on between the east coast rappers and west coast rappers. The assumed leaders were Tupac Shakur representing the ... dead, killed by gunshot wounds. In "Bang: Guns...

• Word Count: 1004
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... such as The Sugarhill Gang, whose song, "Rapper's Delight" is considered to be the very first commercial success with a Rap song. The presence of Hip-Hop's popularity continued only to gain momentum well into the 1980's, with the birth of such acts as, RUN-DMC, De La Soul, The Beastie Boys, ... with Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler and Joe Perry for the single, "Walk This Way." The beastie boys on the other hand, were White ex-Punkers gone Hip-Hop, and with their raucous style and rebellious behavior, managed to bring Rap music to a whole new group of listeners... White Middle-Class America. Th...

• Word Count: 1073
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... remind music artists in general that those rights are not always protected. Society and government are not the only ones that try to censor hip-hop artists but so do label executives and distributors. On the other hand, society does not understand that most music artists feed from the anger that these issues create. Some artists ... that Dead Prez be removed from the show. Black August is a fund-raiser for political prisoners like Mumia Abu-Jamal and Sundiata Acoli as well as for music equipment for hip-hop artists in Cuba. But Dead Prez member stic.man claims, "If we were surprised th...

• Word Count: 692
• Approx Pages: 3

Rap Lyrics and Violence The link between rap lyrics and violence is overvalued. The claim that violent lyrics cause violent behavior is neither convincing nor conclusive (United States Senate). Hip-hop is a distinct form of art and expression, just as any other type of music. The violent lyrics made by rappers are a reflection of the violence that takes place in many ... publicly criticized for their lyrics, grew up in the ghetto, and their words reflect what they have lived through. It is what is often referred to as the "realness" of hip-hop. Listeners can listen and know they are real, an...

• Word Count: 1143
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... York. Also known by his stage name 2Pac, he is an American Rapper and is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of all time and is a Hip Hop Legend. He is also one of the best selling artist in the world.Tupac was destined to be a great African American figure. Tupac was the son of Black Panther Activist ... rap while residing in Baltimore and took the name of MC New York. As the late 1980s approached, Tupac and his family moved to the West Coast. He joined the hip-hop based group digital underground, which was based in Oakland, California. Digital Undergroun...

• Word Count: 1059
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... certain people that he or she will prefer to work with, often because they share the same ideas on style and content. Singleton also has tendency to work with R"n"B and Hip Hop artists in his films, but not as walk on cameos but he casts them in lead roles and always manages to get a extremely good performance out of them. These artists ... ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The Death of Notorious B.I.G The death of the Notorious B.I.G in March of 1997, was a tragedy that devastated the rap/ hip-hop industry. Since Biggie was assassinated six months after Tupac Shakur, his death was reported in many newspapers and magazines, each giving its own view on his death. An article entitled " ... ...

• Word Count: 1214
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Tupac: Resurrection" seemed like a biopic that looks like an attempt to enshrine murdered hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur as The One. Despite deferential time-lapse meditations on rusted Baltimore chain-link, L.A. tinsel, and Vegas, the interview clips that encompass the sole voice-over are carefully ... ...

• Word Count: 523
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... Coast, West Coast Rivalry West Coast, East Coast. Death Row, Bad Boy. To some people these words have little meaning. But to people deeply involved in today's rap music and hip-hop world, these are the reasons why two of the rap worlds biggest influences are dead (Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls), sparking a long stemming feud between Death Row Records and Bad ... ...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School