If you told me in 2002 that 15 years later, Donald Trump would be our President, Kid Rock would be running for Senate, and Eminem would become a celebrity spokesperson for human rights, I would have laughed you out of the room. This sounds more like content for a Saturday Night Live skit than reality. But here we are; truth really is stranger than fiction.
A few days ago, well-known rapper Eminem (Marshall Mathers) voiced some rage towards Donald Trump. He did so in the form of a 4.5-minute freestyle rap called The Storm which aired on the BET Hip Hop Awards. If you are familiar with Eminem, it won’t surprise you that there is a fair amount of vulgarity and graphic imagery in the video. So, proceed with caution to the link above. While Mr. Mathers covers a bit of ground in his video, I want to focus on the major reoccurring theme of the video: racism. Despite its popularity, The Storm does more harm than good towards resolving problems of racism in our country.
In some of the most vitriolic lines, Eminem blasts President Trump as a “racist 94-year old grandpa”. Using almost battle-like language, he demands his fans to “decide who you like more” – Eminem or President Trump. Unsure what to think? Well, he speaks directly to the undecided crowd: “if you can't decide who you like more and you're split on who you should stand beside, I'll do it for it for you with this.”
He then makes an obscene gesture towards the camera.
The Storm video is unfair to Trump, his supporters,
The use of language in this song are generally rude and offensive, Eminem uses rap songs as the beat reveals his anger towards to president and the government and the issues. Eminem uses “Eric” and “Erica” impacting the white American youth as those are the typical names in America.
The 2016 Presidential Campaign candidate, Bernie Sanders, believes in creating a better America. In proving to the American people, rich and poor, how great the country can be if all people vote for who is trusted best as future President of the United States. The political figures in government care about money and wealth, not the people. Bernard Sanders would be the best choice for President for the main reason that he is concerned about the issues in America that create inequality for the people. The issues addressed by this candidate will create social and economic equality.
Hey, remember when Donald Trump was a nice person? Yeah, me neither. I find him being a presidential candidate is a joke. I’ve known him since June and he has shown me nothing but his true personality. As time goes by, I feel like I get to know the real side of him. Let me introduce you who he is. Donald Trump is a man who is passionate about his job, determined, immature, obnoxious, disrespectful, arrogant, ignorant, racist, sexist, selfish, inconsiderate and a rapist. Not only that, but he has impossible plans for the future if he ever entered presidency, but he does not know how to achieve them. Donald Trump shouldn't be the president because he is useless to us like how a bike is useless to a fish. Donald Trump is a fish bone in the throat,
Trump is a name with a lot of history and a lot of connotation that only continues to grow as Donald Trump runs his presidential campaign. With all the backing that he proclaims, Trump still shows alarming qualities for a man that could be rising to power. He shows inconsistency which alludes to a weakness of character that makes him a poor presidential candidate. He is widely known for his aggressive arrogant ideas, which appeals to come people, but major concern arises from Trump being unable to defend his own ideas and, when he is questioned about them, he turns tail and flip-flops his opinions. Being able to clearly and concisely present ideas and then defend them seems like an elementary concept of how to build a solid platform, yet it
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Throughout his career rapper Kanye West, has been portrayed as many different things in the media based on his public appearance and the subject matter of his music. The message he relates in his music is ever changing and often showcases different ideals or stances on issues echoed among different parts of the African American community. Two such instances of this come from very different periods of Kanye’s career, and show two polar opposite opinions of how to deal with arguably the most important social issue in American history. This change in Kanye’s way of dealing with racism reflects two differing schools of thought in the African American community. Although early in Kanye’s career his music identified the racial inequality
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As one of the world’s most successful musicians, Marshall Mathers is the target of intense controversy. Mathers, better known by his stage name Eminem, is often written off as violent, misogynistic, and homophobic. Activist groups have picketed his concerts, parents have condemned his songs, and countries like Canada and Australia have even tried to cancel his tours. However, regardless of the intense backlash, Mathers has revolutionized hip hop, transforming it into a mainstream form of music. Mathers’ story indicates that artists must ultimately work without fear of controversy.
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lDonald Trump might not accept the results of the presidential election? Ok, I think that means that after Nov. 8 there will be no end to the angry blaming, bleating, threatening, denigrating attacks appearing in the leading stories of any and all media sources. When oh when will this ever stop? I’m desperate for silence.
This paper will open by first and foremost, explaining the different sociological meanings of the term power, so as the reader has an understanding of the arguments being made. This will allow anybody reading this paper to follow the arguments being made. Music can provide a means of resistance for challenging the power relations of racism, class and gender in a number of ways. The first way that this paper will approach this is the racial aspect and as a means of doing this, the main focus point will be Eminem and his break-through in to the Rap/ Hip-hop genre. This is relevant because he was the first white person to ever successfully break into this specific genre of predominantly Black artists. This will lead neatly onto the next element to answering the question of music providing a means of resistance for challenging power relations, It will move on to look at the class element of resisting and challenging power. This section will start off by continuing with regard to Eminem and how he used his “underclass” background as a means of connecting with his black counterparts, But still gaining acceptance from his peers and even forming a working relationship with an already massively established artist that aided him in his entrance to the hip-hop music industry and his credibility their after. Whilst still staying with subject matter of class, this
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In today’s age of political frenzy and backward logic, it can be very difficult to remain positive or optimistic about the future of our country. Wow, only one year of Donald Trump’s first term and already he was brought so much havoc to his citizens. Our president is making decisions that are destroying lives, but it isn't an election year. We can't do anything to stop this right? WRONG!
A few days ago, new political activist and rapper Eminem, let out some rage towards Donald Trump in a 4.5-minute freestyle rap called “The Storm” on the BET Hip Hop Awards. If you are familiar with Eminem, it shouldn’t surprise you that there is fair amount of vulgarity and graphic imagery in the video. So, proceed with caution to the link above. While he covers quite of bit of ground in his video, for the sake of this article I want to focus on just one topic: racism. Despite wild popularity and support from fans and trump-haters, I think this video does more harm than good towards resolving the problems of racism in our country.