In the song "Who Knew?... Marshall Mathers was who he really is, Eminem is his stage persona, and Slim Shady is the "no holds barred" rapper using rhetoric to spark controversy in his songs across the world. ... In this song, Eminem portrays himself as a "new man", or a metrosexual. ... In 2003, Eminem became the first rap artist to win an academy award for a song in a movie, multiple Grammys', and sold more than 10 million album copies worldwide. ... He uses pathos in an appealing song, as well as making fun of the media, other rappers, and all his imitators. ...

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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. ... People went out and bought the records because they were curious to hear what the rappers' songs were about. The newest hip hop superstar is a rapper by the name 50 Cent. ... Most rapper now days are supplementing their lack of a talent and song writing ability with a huge amount of violence. ... Once we become desensitized to what they are saying the media and the artists must raise the level of violence in their news stories and song lyrics to arous...

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Surprisingly enough, with all its flaws rap and hip-hop forms of music are at its peak. ... None of this really affected the rapper in anyway, instead all this hype boosted his popularity and people actually bought the album just to see what was so wrong about it. ... As my title suggests the type of language used in some of the rap songs, "Its Bling Bling Biatch". ... After you've heard a few hip-hop songs you come to realize that the rap community has little or no respect for women because they are either called bitches or whores. ... I have been listing to rap, hip-hop, R&B and reggae ...

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After being arrested twice more, 50 realized that his music career could be his opportunity to get out of the drug game and into the rap game. ... The song depicts 50 robbing famous rappers in a humorous way. ... While he was spending the next few months recovering, Columbia Records dropped him from the label. 50 teamed up with Sha Money XL and recorded over 30 songs. The songs were distributed to DJ's throughout the area to build a "buzz." ... This album grabbed the attention of famous rappers Dr. ...

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After being arrested twice more, 50 realized that his music career could be his opportunity to get out of the drug game and into the rap game. ... The song depicts 50 robbing famous rappers in a humorous way. ... While he was spending the next few months recovering, Columbia Records dropped him from the label. 50 teamed up with Sha Money XL and recorded over 30 songs. The songs were distributed to DJ's throughout the area to build a "buzz." ... This album grabbed the attention of famous rappers Dr. ...

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Fifty million Americans are illegally file-sharing billions of songs on the Internet daily. ... For example, Daniel Bedingfield has had the top three song on the radio "Gotta Get Thru This" for several months. ... The mutli-platinum rapper 50 Cent supports this theory, "I believe word of mouth is just gonna generate more sales .". ... It pressures the musician's creativity to create better quality songs because consumers now can hear the album before it is released in stores. ...

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Groups like Run-DMC, MC Hammer, and LL Cool J were among the earlier pioneers of Rap. ... In response to the controversy risen by Rap, KRS frontman Chuck D once memorably described rap music as "black people's CNN" - the only medium in which black voices could tell the truth in a white-dominated country". ... Modern artists like 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Eminem have not only revolutionized Rap, by creating Hip-Hop (a mix of rap and R&B), but have also symbolized and broken standards for American's freedom of speech. ... Rock and Roll and Rap gave birth to another innovative and profound...

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