... and other popular entertainment, hip-hop has expanded into a central identity for an entire generation. This street culture which has been manifested through numerous genres of music and entertainment is exuberated with pride through the majority of the youth culture and is now used as a major money making industry. However, first we must ... . It was the voice of a generation that wanted to be heard and refused to be brought down by urban poverty. Now in the early 70's, disco ruled the airwaves. But then a man named Kool DJ Herc migrated to the Bronx from Jamaica with, at the time, an ...

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... has come a long way from the days of Run-DMC and N.W.A. Yet these groups help start the crazy popularity of rap music. It was the first time a type of music incorporated a type of style or attitude to go along with it. Run-DMC helped make Adidas the hot item to wear, by ... always wearing them and writing songs about them. (My Adidas) N.W.A. had an f*ck the police attitude and made gangsta music very popular. Since I wasn't really old enough, I can't attest to why they were insanely popular. Now you have the wannabe gangsters rappers and emcees that ... and David Banner's Get Down Like ...

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... love and cherish rap, break dancing, DJ'ing and graffiti. Hip-Hop spilled out of the ghetto and became a popular form of music. From the housing projects, hip-hop spread onto the streets and subways, taking root in Bronx clubs like the Savoy Manor Ballroom, Ecstasy Garage, Club 371, The ... Disco Fever, and the T- Connection. From there, it spread across western states of the country like Los Angeles. Finally, It migrated to New Orleans, ... Lil Wayne or Master P and in western, Los Angeles there is rappers like Mac 10 and Ice Cube. Southern music also has different beats then East Coa...

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When you hear the phrase "hip-hop" often music, dancing and rapping come to mind. Hip-hop is all of that and much more. Hip-hop is a culture. When you look up culture in the dictionary it is defined ... songs. From the housing projects in south Bronx hip-hop poured onto the streets and subways, taking over in Bronx clubs like Savoy Manor Ballroom, Ecstasy Garage, Club 371, The Disco Fever, and the T-Connection. From there it spread downtown to the Renaissance Ballroom, Hotel Diplomat, the Roxy, and The Fun House. It migrated to Los Angeles, where a whole West Coast ... ...

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... is amused by reality shows that increase the chances of starving actors to starve even more. We watch movies with idiotic pop idols that have no true meaning behind their music, why? Because they don't even write the songs they sing. Most have no lyrical technique, yet they sing to the masses. It is a pathetic fact that American youth has watched ... children and grandchildren will ask how are stay was here in the year 2003. Personally, I can say I was very disappointed in our generation. It's like living in the 70's with disco flare and never looking back. When reality slapped us in th...

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