... getting what they want. This is particularly troubling in young African-American girls, aged 14 - 18, who watch between six or seven hours of rap music videos a day in many cases. This specific demographic group is the most at-risk as they lack role models that can provide them the guidance ... to attain personal confidence and success in their lives, and instead, through rap music and videos, see sex and the ability to tolerate violence from a man as a means to a better life (Wingwood, DiClemente, Bernhardt, Harrington, et ... the 14 - 18 year old age group. In effect this study and o...

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... to perpetuate the acceptance of the use of violence and an anti-education mind-set. He thinks that this kind of music should have some regulation. He refers to rap music being like nicotine- it is addictive; it is mood Hawkins 7 altering and it is available with some strains (Raspberry, "Does" A27). A person has to be 18 years old to buy ... an appetite that America has for vulgarity, violence and anarchy inside Afro America" (Sims 3). Kevin Powell, a writer for Vibe magazine, believes that rap music is a legitimate art form, but thinks that the genre has gone too far and the music ind...

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... Women (NOW), the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD), and anti-censorship sites such as Rock Out Censorship were also blocked. Also affected were sites containing information about rap music, and mp3's of rap music. When asked to comment McCain said, "The prevention lies not in censoring what goes on the Internet, but rather in filtering what comes out of it." Fortunately for ... Bennett successfully raided a board meeting by the leaders of Time-Warner, and used their might to get the company to drop Interscope and Death Row records, two major sources of rap music. A...

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... -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 urban American cities. It is simply unjust to blame rap music lyrics for social violence. The condemnation of rap music is greatly due to misperception. It is often misunderstood because of generational and cultural ... differences. Rap music is an art form that reflects life. Gangsta rap emerged in the late 80's when crack and gangs ruled the West Coast. The origins ... said he wasn't a gangster, he'd be lying." Tan...

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... been inside the black ghetto. My own opinion on this matter is that rap songs that contain violence to an extreme degree are wrong and immoral. This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that what is being said in the songs is not wrong ... usually talk about killing someone along with sounds of gunshots in the background. Gangster rap has been criticized and debated over for its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. Gangster rap is hardly the only source of violence, but i...

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Writing for the Media Violence in Hip Hop Music In September of 1996 Tupac Shakur, one of rap music's most prolific artist of all times, was gunned down after a Mike Tyson fight in Las Vegas. In March of 1997, six months after the Tupac ... 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 he was in and out of the courtroom ... never talked about the positive things th...

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... only be regulated in severe cases of violence on the news. Although censorship should be less regulated in the media it should be highly regulated in the world of "Gansta Rap" music. The only reason for this is because of the obscene and violent lyrics on them. Young children who do listen to this type of ... see you layin' in a coffin, sir," from The Chronic and "F--- the police," from N.W.A., are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think th...

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... If that were the case, she said, gospel music would have saved the world(2)." She understood that her son's music, while often condoning violence and urban destitution, was music that people could empathize with and relate to. Gangster rap, often termed gangsta rap has maintained a bad rap since its beginning. Newsweek columnist Johnnie L. Roberts offers a solid explanation. "Gangsta rap, which chronicles the bleak, often violent life of ... it emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Much of the controversy has centered on violent lyrics. And the music industry, insisting that it is ...

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... also got him a role in the motion picture, "Juice". He quickly became friends with a couple of popular rap artists like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre. He made a number of songs and music videos with them that made it big on the Billboard charts. This really helped boost his reputation. In November of ... in non-racism, then the people will believe in that too. This is viewed as his biggest difference from other rap artists. A lot of others are very racist to different people in their music, and many people would not appreciate that, thus not listening to that specific artists and not influ...

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... Music: Censored or Let It Be? "Censorship" recently we have been hearing a lot about the need for censorship of television and recording industries. Whether it is the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, the controversial television drama NYPD Blue or rap recording artists, someone always seems to argue about their negative effects on society and the need for government regulation. Being a fan of rap ... game You claim to be a playa but I *censored*ed your wife We bust on Bad Boy niggas *censored*ed for life." His music is for young adults, not for young kids who are easily influenced. Kids won'...

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... origins and upbringing of hip-hop in the American culture. Central Idea: Hip-Hop has overcome many adversities to become among the largest grossing genres in music today. Introduction I. Hip Hop is an art form that includes DJing [cuttin' & scartchin'], MCing (Master of Ceremony or "mike controller") /rappin ... by using an audio mixer and two identical records in which he continuously replaced the desired segment. (Davey) II. Even though this music is now called "rap'' back then it wasn't, it was called MCing. a. After DJ Kool Herc got tired of the microphone he started to do the ... F...

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... Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts. This school is what started Tupac in his love of poetry as well as music. Tupac also began writing his rap lyrics here. Rap and music inspired Tupac but may have also been his downfall. This is how he ultimately became the Tupac Shakur that was, is ... said he would amount to nothing, wrong. From the first day he was alive he has had the cards stacked against him and now through music and rap he was beginning to rise from the ashes. Shakur got a gig with Digital Underground. Not a well known group at the time, but soon ... film "Juice." Juice...

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... , and friends, but another extremely important aspect of a teenager's life today is music. Like most male teenagers of today, I am completely infatuated with Hip-Hop Culture. I love every aspect of their lifestyles, especially their music, Rap Music. Most self-respecting Hip-Hoppers know of the greatest rapper to ever walk the ... Amour Shaker. Tupac is more widely know as simply 2Pac or his more recent alter ego, Makaveli. The first time I heard any type of rap music I was intrigued with the fact that they were allowed to use cuss words and no one was correcting them or telling them to ...

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... the Nile while the water flows, I"m contemplating plots wondering which door to go, brothas getting shot coming back resurrected". It is clear by studying Tupac's music that he uses metaphorical examples that represent himself. Does this verse imply that he is somewhere, just waiting for the right time to come back, as many ... his constant references to being resurrected? In the song "Hold ya Head" he says "Switched my name to Makaveli, had the rap game closed up .I hope for better days, trouble comes naturally, running from authorities til they capture me". His death had a huge impact ...

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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 the rap world has left many people dead, fights to be started and ... 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 ... the Wes...

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... " 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 racked ... . 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 Tupa...

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... and emerged as a solo artist using the name 2Pac. The album was very popular as "Brenda's Got a Baby" reached number 3 on the Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart. His second album "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., crossed over to the pop charts with hits "I Get Around" and "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 ... he played a ruth...

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... music is spiritual. It's like Negro spirituals, except for the fact that I'm not saying 'We shall Overcome.' I'm saying that we are overcome. Nobody can talk about pain like Tupac. No one knows it like me," he says. "It separates me from other rappers. All that pain I"m talking about in my rap, ... you can see it."  Apparently, this pain is not just something he works out in his music or in his acting - it's something he carries into his relationships with women, with his peers, ... Mountain, Georgia. It will also come equipped with a museum of past Tupac possessions, and will inclu...

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... , Tupac was often said to be the Marvin Gaye of hip-hop, complex and talented, but a "Trouble Man" to the core. He parlayed his music career into a successful film career and was one of the hardest working men in show business, putting out five albums, five films and numerous guest appearances ... another album, "Strictly for My N.I.G.G.A.Z." which was a strong selling album and got him a nomination for an American Music Award as best new rap hip hop artist. The media stopped focusing on Tupacs music career and started focusing on his troubles with the law. He was accused of shooting two...

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... 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 ... mom was addicted to crack. Tupac always wanted to become a star. First it was about acting but then he found out that his real talent was in rap. He was able to rap about a life about a young black man that lives in the ghetto. From there they made a lot of money in a short period of time. He ......

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... 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 Boy Entertainment. What may ... 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....

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... / 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 number of his writings. I personally feel that I have a better understanding of this artist than I would any other. In addition to that, Tupac's work is of modern day. His poetry ... of stardom, resulting from his never-wavering sense of ambition. In attending Baltimore School of the Arts, Tupac Amaru stayed focus on his attempts to reach his goal of becoming a rap artist. Alas, single mother ...

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... 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 ... knew, this is a documentary worth watching over and over again....

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... , by the editors of VIBE) Tupac outshine in his dramatic performances, he was a great poet, and he began to have a passion for rapping. His first rap was about a friend that he lost to a gun. He was an extremely talented actor, he starred in five box office movies, which were all filmed in ... himself. Don Quale, said that "his album had no place in this society". The politics were frustrated that a young black male was brave enough to rap about the reality of the black societies. Tupac said the album "was his practice to introduce a center character through whom he could develop a narr...

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... Baltimore, Maryland. It is here he was enrolled in the Baltimore School for the arts, studying ballet and acting. This is also when he wrote his first rap. Two years later Tupac moves west to Marin City, California. It is there where he was introduced to gangs and drug trafficking. It would have been the ... end to his story had he not run into a rap promoter who introduced to the Digital Underground record label, where he was a dancer and a rapper. In 1991 he was given his opportunity to make his own album. ... sexual abuse. He believes that a rapper named Notorious Big set him up to g...

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