... wanted to join in this new culture because it had no color lines, just love. The first real rap group was The Sugar Gang with their single "Rappers" Delight" in 1979. This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. The next breakthrough song was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five. In 1986, a single "Raisin" Hell" by Run DMC ... , is said to be responsible for making Rap music what it is today. This trio had set the sound and ... Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back" and N.W.A came out with the song "Straight Outta Compton" that introduced Ice Cube...

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• Grade Level: High School

... wanted to join in this new culture because it had no color lines, just love. The first real rap group was The Sugar Gang with their single "Rappers" Delight" in 1979. This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. The next breakthrough song was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five. In 1986, a single "Raisin" Hell" by Run DMC ... , is said to be responsible for making Rap music what it is today. This trio had set the sound and ... Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back" and N.W.A came out with the song "Straight Outta Compton" that introduced Ice Cube...

• Word Count: 984
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... wanted to join in this new culture because it had no color lines, just love. The first real rap group was The Sugar Gang with their single "Rappers" Delight" in 1979. This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. The next breakthrough song was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five. In 1986, a single "Raisin" Hell" by Run DMC ... , is said to be responsible for making Rap music what it is today. This trio had set the sound and ... Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back" and N.W.A came out with the song "Straight Outta Compton" that introduced Ice Cube...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and the Freaky Ty shooting in Queens. Some may use the lifestyles of these four individuals as an excuse for their deaths, being that many of today rap artist have come from the streets. Many were drug dealers and "gunslingers." However, what people fail to realize is that these artist had left their " ... 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 game, the streets. Big L was shot in his own neighborhood in Harlem, and Freaky Ty was shoot in his home borough of Queens after a loca...

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... country, the freedom to express yourself. It is not fair, nor is it constitutional that music should be censored in anyway. It is not only rap music trying to be censored it is in all types of music. They are taking away their rights and it isn't fair. Wall-Mart CD ... musical selections. Discontinuing production of this music takes the freedom of expression away form everyone, musicians and fans of every age. The increasing controversy surrounding rap music, with its rough-edged lyrics about sex and violence, has prompted two very different responses from black oriented radio stations ...

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... they then become a problem. But how do those thoughts become implanted in our children's brains in the first place? One answer to that question can very well be that certain song lyrics and music videos, closely inspected, promote violence. Unfortunately, children and young adults are among the most susceptible for music to have an impact on their lives. Some critics state ... to themes such as Satanism, substance abuse, murder, suicide and sexual violence, which may be heavily reinforced and normalized by the frequency of their portrayal." (Youth) Many speculate that violent song Cirne...

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... come from various different sources. It's been said that Salsa is the music of Puerto Rico. Others talk of its roots in African rhythms, Spanish lyrics, Cuban street bands, Caribbean song and dance styles and Latin American jazz. The roots of Salsa take us back to Cuba. Cuba was the home of diverse styles like son and guajira, and the African ... is a very vivid kind of music, there are people who specialize on the classic style of salsa, and others, such as groups like Proyecto Uno, create new sounds like salsa rap or techno merengue. Salsa is a highly stylized and sophisticated couple...

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• Grade Level: High School

... and creativity and is always changing and pushing the buttons. Musicians from the 1960 to the present sing about the art and history of graffiti. In Simon & Garfunkel's, folk rock song, "Sounds of Silence" they say, "The words of the prophets were written on the subway walls and the tenement halls- In more recent hip-hop ... /rap songs graffiti is still talked about. In Cormega's song "Testament", he says, "So never questioned it/ poetry I'm manifestin' it/ Graffiti filled testament". You can see how times change, but graffiti was and still is a form of art ... ...

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