... 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. This exposure opened up a whole new can of worms, that of which still to this ... line between art and reality much too thin for the youth of America, and hate to see them spreading their gospel from the top of the music charts. Gangsta rappers such Snoop Doggy Dogg, Slick Rick, and 2Pac Shakur not only take the controversial subject matter of their lyrics to new extre...

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... its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. Gangster rap is hardly the only source of violence, but it is a potent one. Not only is the music violent but the rappers lifestyle is also. Today most young people think that if a person is rich and famous they can get away with anything. Not all ... as Snoop Doggy Dogg, was arrested in 1993 on murder-conspiracy charges. He pleaded not guilty and was acquitted. He was also a drug dealer and user. His music also glorifies violence and demeans women. Andre Young, a.k.a. Dr. Dre, served five months in a halfway house in 1993 for viol...

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... be lying." Taneika Archer, another Long Beach teen said, "He tells it like it's supposed to be told" (Leland). When Tupac Shakur was murdered, anti-rap music activist C. Delores Tucker, said, "Mr.Shakur always talks about violence, and now it has come back to him." Many of Tupac's songs did contain violence, ... care for our women, Time to heal our women" (Leland). Living in the ghetto caused Tupac to have a negative outlook on life. Tupac wanted to have positive music. He said, " that's what I want to do. I want to move people. I want to heal them, but I'm still just tryin to silence th...

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... streets, therefore, many may say that it was the industry that killed them. It all started when Tupac was shot and robbed in the lobby of a music studio in New York City. He was at the studio to meet with Biggie to work on a song together. After the robbery, Tupac blamed Biggie for ... became a serious issue. It looked as if the violent lyrics in songs cause the fans to react violently. Then the media had a way of portraying rap music as all violent and negative. They never showed the positive side of the rap industry. When Tupac died, all the media concentrated on was the fact that .....

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... Guns, Rap, and Silence" written Jay Nordlinger for the National Review he mentions another recent hip-hop headliner. Puff Daddy, a foremost representative of hip-hop music, recently had a run in with the law following a shootout in a New York nightclub (Nordlinger 620). Shyne Barrow, Puffy's protégé, supposedly shot ... charged with illegal weapons possession and bribery"(620). Nordlinger states that "A lot of people were interested in the Sean Combs trial: fans of rap music; celebrity-watchers; connoisseurs of popular culture"(619). These are only a couple examples of how the media o...

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... "Keep Ya Head Up". The album went platinum, selling more than a million albums and sky rocketing Shakur's popularity. While Tupac was getting known through his music, he also made his film debut in the 1992 urban crime drama" Juice" with Omar Epps, Samuel L. Jackson, and Queen Latifah. His softer side ... quot;Thug Life" Persona after getting arrested for violent offenses in the 1990s. Tupac also fell victim to the violence he always talks about in his music as he was shot 5 times outside of a recording studio during a mugging. Tupac showed up to court the next day even with his wounds re...

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... to by some as the "nerdy little brother" of Hip-Hop. It was the epitome of pathetic and quickly became the butt of all the music related jokes. Look no further than artists such as Carman, who produced a song titled "The Resurrection Rap" in 1993. The beat was horrible ... Christian artist TobyMac was just getting started, also doing Hip-Hop. He enjoyed some success as a rapper, but most of his recognition was limited to the Christian music industry. I actually regularly listened to TobyMac's Hip-Hop as a young child and recently came across one of his old CD's while cleaning my room. I ...

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... Dan Quayle who was the vice president at the time, Criticized the album because the defense of a child who had shot a state trooper. Quayle said that music like this that promotes police brutality has no place in our society. Having a situation like this come up obviously lead more people to listening to Tupac, and ... heard this it impacted on them a lot because of the amounts of people that have went through this in his time. So his raps weren't just music in fact there is a lot of politics involved, his lyrics have always had meaning behind it he was a person who talked about the stru...

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... everyone enjoys whether it is country, rap, rock, heavy metal, or polka. Even though country and rap are two types of music, they show many differences. Country is full of guitars, fiddles, and sometimes-even banjos. Rap is exactly the opposite. The smooth ... jewelry, and champagne. Similarly to rap, country has been rising in popularity. Country was first known as bluegrass. Bluegrass is a form of music that has no computerized effects, just pure instruments and vocalization. Even though bluegrass is still around, it slowly evolved into what is known as country. This ... form of musi...

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... quot; which reached No. 3 on Billboard Charts (Riaa.com "RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Platinum Singles".)Tupac featured a lot of violence in his music, which was understandable due to the fact that the crime rate in New York was very high. In the time Tupac would have been a teen New York ... As a result of his relatability to the public Tupac became a huge success among inner city African Americans. Tupac often featured very controversial themes in his music. Some examples of these being: fighting, gang banging, and sex. These messages, although controversial gave Tupac hi...

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... love to argue about the First Amendment that guarantees free speech. However every now and then consequential actions towards hip-hop artists 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 use these comments and persecutions to add to their array of talented lyrical abilities. ... This article is on an...

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... about his riches, he simply wrote about the truth of life; the agony and struggles people go through in their everyday journeys. All of his music, lyrics and directions were original, deep, and very therapeutic, in which he has helped millions of people over the world face their fears, conquer ... and capture their emotions. He expresses himself thoroughly and completely, while using a broad vocabulary. His expression in his vocal and the music itself evokes emotion. His emotions are clearly depressing in the song Thugz Mansion, yet, in all of his lyrics a light of hope shines through. ...

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... inappropriate, how are readers supposed to react to the shocking material placed before them? When vocalists decide to "change the game" in music and include unique lyrics and varying points of view to subjects never before uncovered in a piece of music; how is society to react? These writers/vocalists, often known as artists, are categorized by a single word- Outlaw. These Outlaws have ... / writer Tupac Shakur the most intriguing. Not particularly because he is of African American descent, but because prior to my knowledge of the Outlaws, I have listened to much of his music, read a nu...

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... one have always fascinated me. "Welcome to Death Row" is a thought-provoking documentary that tells the story of how a dangerous and popular record label changed the music industry, and how it all came falling apart. The documentary is filmed with new interviews with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and other former Death Row artists, ... as well as interviews with big names in both the music and media industry. They tell their side of the story and reveal just what exactly went on while working for Death Row. This documentary gives a behind ... again. You don't even have to be a big rap fan to en...

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... represents an American way of life. Tupac is dead but he lived a life that was not average. This man lived and died fast. This man is famous because of his music. When he was young he moved around a lot and ended up in Oakland California. In Oakland he lived in the ghetto, a place called the Jungle. There he learned the game ... his mother was buying crack from one of the dealers from the neighborhood. That hurt Tupac deeply; he needed to get his family out of the ghetto. Tupac loved Rap music, poetry and acting. Tupac was able to write great lyrics about the Black Panther Party and his...

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There are a lot of problems going on in the music industry lately. But an old, re-occurring problem plaguing the industry is the ongoing feud between rappers on the East and West coasts of the United States. This war in ... when East Coast rappers began to get more publicity. West Coast rappers were upset that they weren't 100% in the spotlight so they started to slam East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn't top the West Coast. Then, East Coast rappers fired back obscenities at West Coast rappers and it kept up like that ... B.I.G aka Christopher Wal...

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... society by the rest of society when he was still alive. Not a lot of people knew about his history and his way of thinking till after his death when his music, poetry, his actions and his media interviews were analyzed. Till this day, I still feel Tupac was misunderstood. He was very passionate about the things he said and did. Even if ... he did get in legal trouble, he did not fight it as he understood that to every action, there was a consequence. In his music, he told stories about life and how harsh it could be. I totally am "feeling" the artist's rendition of him in the stained gl...

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... was a shooting of a police officer in Texas about seven years ago. When asked in court why the teen shot the officer he replied "Tupac's music made me want to kill somebody". Tupac Shakur was a rap artist whose music frequently involved profanity and killing. Television violence affects youngsters of all ages, of both genders, at all economic levels, and all levels of intelligence ... ...

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The East 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 ... to the chest, and died 6 days later (Ibid.). In 1995, Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G., was gunned down in a drive-by shooting while leaving a Vibe magazine party after the Soul Train Music Awards (www.home.net/~manniac/). As hun...

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... only witness dead, there still remains no suspects of the shooting. Although Tupac is dead he has released around 7 cds full of unreleased tracks. Even though he is dead, his music that has been released is relevant to what is going on in the world today. If he is dead, how could he be rapping about September 11th? After Tupacs death ... year. This date is seven years after his supposed death. Tupac was one of the greatest rap artists in history. Almost everyone of his albums have gone platinum. Through his music, he has touched the lives of many people. This is what he is most remember...

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... Los Angeles Drive By Shooting." The Jet magazine also states that before his death, " Notorious B.I.G, a popular, New- York rappper, was one of many in Los Angeles for the Soul Train Music Awards"(Jet 14). This simply states that Biggie was in L.A for entertainment, not just, hiding out. Although Jet does mention that he rapped about selling drugs and life in the ... ...

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... Wanted." It is a video which caricatured Biggie and Puff who are punished in the movie for setting up 2Pac. 2Pac comes back to New York on September 4th for a MTV Music Video Awards and then gets to a little scuffle. Three days later in Las Vegas after the Mike Tyson - Bruce Seldon fight, Shakur was shot four times in the chest while ... ...

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... voice clearly recognized is known as Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac is a very influential rapper of the 20th century who voiced his feelings, thoughts, and opinions through the media of Rap music. Tupac Shakur was born on June 16, 1971 in Brooklyn New York. While Tupac was a kid his father was sent to jail, which in turn caused the shakur's to face ... ...

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... was the kind of artist that made you think when you listen to it. He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. I still listen to his music today. It seems to me that he knew he was going to live a short life. I can hear it in his lyrics. The world was robbed of a great talent by a senseless ... ...

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... "What's the 411?" remixes. On September 13, 1994, Biggie's first album, "Ready to Die" was released. In the year 1995 he was named "rapper of the year" at the Billboard Music Awards. After his death his second album came out on March 25, 1997. This album was called "Life After Death." December 7, 1999 was when his third album, "Born Again" was ... ...

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