Big Sean Research Paper

Drake, the world's only black Jewish-Canadian rap star, was born Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, in Toronto, Canada.

Hip-hop, a predominantly African American genre with ever-increasing nationwide popularity, presents a valuable opportunity to examine how racial tension still exists and how by working in an overwhelmingly black genre, white rappers must justify their popularity and prove their ability in an industry that evolved out of serving and entertaining African American communities. By being the first white rapper to justify his popularity and prove his ability in the post Vanilla Ice era, Eminem has not only allowed himself to be successful, he has reopened the world of rap to other white artists.

Somehow the artist convinced Dash to sign him: “With reluctance Damon Dash signed West to Roc-A-Fella in 2002…” (“Kayne”). That was his big break. Kanye West was not given everything he has today. To get to the place where he is today, he had to fight like a warrior. He fought until he got signed to Roc-A-Fella, but soon after he got signed, he got into a serious accident that caused his jaw to be wired shut. Thankfully that didn’t stop him. He wrote an amazing song “Through the Wire,” and later got it produced. As stated before, Kanye West went through especially hard obstacles. He got rejected many times from various producers. He even got his jaw to be wired shut, but that didn’t stop him from fighting for his dream. He achieved his dream of becoming a serious rapper, and on top of that, he created a successful fashion line, and became a record producer.

Sean "Puffy" Combs has established himself as one of the biggest names in hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go

Born November 4, 1969 in Harlem, New York, Sean Combs was raised by his single mother, a model, due to his father being murdered in 1974 because he was an associate of drug dealer, Frank Lucas. Raised in Mt. Vernon, New York, Combs attended a Catholic boy’s school in Bronx called Mount Saint

Before making albums, he was singing at weddings. He then started to make music tracks and idolized music stars like Boyz II Men, LL, Cool J, MC Hammer, and Michael Jackson. During a trip to Bahrain, he had met Michael Jackson over there. One of his hit albums, “Get Lifted”, it had actually gone platinum. After signing to a label that Kanye West had offered him, he needed a stage name.

He started rapping not because other people was rapping and getting their names known, but because he wanted to do it for his mother who died from breast cancer, but that’s not what he always wanted to do. The two things he was known most for though were being fun and good on the court. He played basketball up to his junior year where he couldn’t play anymore because he was to busy in the streets.

Against The World and it became multi-platinum. Tupac is the first and only artist to have an

This was a major turning point in his life and this is when he started to get serious about the rapping business.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982) also known by his stage name Lil Wayne he is an American hip hop icon from New Orleans, Louisiana. Lil Wayne started his rap career at the age of nine signed to cash money records. Sense then has won a total of 63 awards and created one of the most known and very successful record labels in hip hop that he titled young money records. He has also started the career of some of the greatest artist today; like nicki minaj and drake which he quoted “was his best discovery “. Giving his label more than 11 U.S. No. 1 albums and making Lil Wayne a music mogul. The first artist he signs was drake who came out on top in hip hop entertainment giving young money 7 successful project and many features.

Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident.[4]:63–64 Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930), which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, many of them in the Western genre.

Kanye West is the definition of controversy. From his humble beginnings all the way to his grandiose luxury rap. He is the first person to tell you that he deserves his wealth and fame, and he truly does. Kanye West became involved in the hip hop scene in Chicago as a teen, where he crossed paths with No I.D., a producer who quickly picked up Kanye as a student, and thus started Kanye’s career as a producer. Making beats for local artists, he eventually developed a unique style that changed the face of hip hop. By adding samples of soul music, he was picked up quickly as a full time producer, and at the age of nineteen, he earned his first production credit on the debut album of a Chicago rapper, Grav. From there, he struggled to break into the mainstream throughout the late 90s, producing beats just to keep the lights on. At 20, he dropped out of college to focus on his musical work. His big break happened in 2000, where he began to produce for Roc-A-Fella Records, with influential artists such as Jay-Z on board. Kanye is credited with bringing Jay-Z’s career back to the limelight, with his production values on “The Blueprint,” which is often ranked as one of the greatest hip hop records. This success created an incredible amount of interest in West as a producer. Producing as an in-house producer at Roc A Fella, he also produced hit singles for artists such as Ludacris, Alicia Keys, and Janet Jackson.

The success of this album was phenomenal, not only did it sell several copies but it also granted him Grammy’s, and landed him on the number one spot on the US. Billboard 200. This album consisted of tracks “Headlines”, “The Motto”, “Take Care” and “Make me Proud. Drake won the 2013 Grammy Award for best rap album. Drake later release another album called” nothing was the same that was nominated for a Grammy.

The release of The Slim Shady LP was the beginning of Eminem’s ride to the hip-hop hall of fame and it was with this album that Eminem was truly

Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, was born on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri to a single mother. He spent the majority of his youth living in various states before eventually settling down in the harsh streets of Detroit at the age of 12. At age nine, Em was first introduced to rap by his Uncle Ronni who played the Breakin’ soundtrack for him and immediately Em loved it. He began obsessively studying and lip-synching LL Cool J‘s and Ice T’s skilled and complex rhyme schemes and styles. At a young age Em found his niche now all he had to do was discover his voice.