Drake Research Paper

Biggie was born as Christopher George Latore Wallace on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was the son of Valetta Wallace and Selwyn George Latore. Christopher had rough childhood. His father left when Christopher was two years, his mom had to work two jobs so she wasn’t really at home, and he was always surrounded by lots of drug dealers and addicts. As result biggie joined the life that surrounded him.

But before that, he was in news too as he was the first rapper to win an amateur night at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Then he started releasing mixtapes. Some of the famous mixtapes which released in that time are ‘Lace Up’, ‘100 Words and Running’, and ‘Rage Pack’. He met with Sean Combs in 2011 and that changed his life.

Tupac then joined the rap group, Digital Underground, as a dancer. Shortly before the group received award-winning success, Tupac released his own album, "2Pacalypse Now," which was a great success. His hit single, "Brenda's Got A Baby," sky-rocketed his career. His remarkable talent got him a role in the motion picture "Juice." Eventually he released his second album, "Strictly For My N.I.G.G.A.Z.," which was even a bigger hit and introduced his music to the pop charts.

In 2006 Drake self-released a mixtape that wasn’t the mega hits that we are used to from him today but it was able to get him foot in the door by featuring artists such as Trey Songz and Lupe Fiasco. Soon thereafter he released a few more songs to his Myspace page and even got a video played on BET’s 106 and Park. Still not many people knew Drake, the rapper. If you asked anybody, he was wheelchair Jimmy from Degrassi. It wasn’t until he lined up with Lil Wayne, that any hope for success because more than just a dream. It all started when Lil Wayne performed his song, Ransom, from his Myspace page at the 2008 MTV’s Video Music

There is little question that he came from the streets, but this had been a growing comparison among the correlation of hip hop and the crack generation. “Not only did black teenagers in similar situations relate to what Eazy was talking about, but white suburban kids fantasized about being in his situation” (Eriewine).

During his early years he dropped out of high school and was a drug dealer for some years. He was good friends with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. They started making songs for their new album that was called “Boyz-N-The Hood”. In 1987 they made another album that was called “Straight Outta Compton” that album

Steven Adam Markowitz, now known as Hoodie Allen was born on August 19th, 1988 and raised in a Jewish household along with his younger brother Daniel*DAMMMMNNNNN DANIEL*, on Long Island, NY. Hoodie attended the Long Island School for the Gifted from Pre-K to the 9th grade, then later attended John F. Kennedy High School, where he played football and then continued his football career at the University of Pennsylvania as a defensive back. After he finished college in 2010 with a degree in marketing and finance he started working at Google as an AdWords associate in their Standardized AdWords Reseller Training program. But while his Music career was taking off he felt like he was working 2 full time jobs and it was becoming very difficult

then got him signed to Island Def Jam Recordings.  He then released his first album, and went platinum

Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, in 1958, Diffie had musical ambitions from a tender age. He has an early memory of his father listening to a record by country music giant George Jones and saying that nobody else could sing like that. “And I thought, ’I can,‘” Diffie recalled. “When I got a little older, I was one of those guys who knew every dad-gum song on the radio and would run people crazy singing them all,” he told Bob Allen

From all the facilities I have seen Drake´s are the best in my opinion. They have very comfortable practice rooms and extravagant performance halls. They even have one of the nicest jazz facilities in the state, The Patty and Fred Turner Jazz Center. All of these things would help put me on the path to my ideal career. Receiving the scholarship would help

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

Music can rock your world, enlighten your mind and change your perspective. When you think of rap music who comes first to mind? Without hesitation, it must be the self acclaimed best rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He alone can make such statements as “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition” (Wayne, “Shoot Me Down”). Lil Wayne is a prominent force in the rap world. His debut Album in 1999, Tha Block is Hot went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rollingstone Magazine declares “Lil Wayne is one of the most popular — and prolific — recording artists in the world” (Kreps). Top this with

Drake's new album called “Views” extremely caught my attention. This album had numerous exceptional songs that I could easily relate to. I connected to this album better than some of his other albums that were produced such as “So Far Gone” and “Room For Improvement” because this album had more diversity. For instance, in this album, he put a lot of his thoughts into it but he also put logic. “Views” was the fourth studio album by Drake and was also supported by five billboard singles: "Hotline Bling", "One Dance", "Pop Style", "Controlla" and "Too Good", which are some of my favorite tracks from this album. I absolutely love this album because it shows the struggles that Drake has faced emotionally and it gives us the ability to connect to

Tupac Shakur was born on September 17, 1971, in Brooklyn New York. Tupac got into acting early in his life, landing his first role in an acting ensemble when he was 12 years old. Tupac also began writing many poems

On February 13, 2009 Drake released his third mixtape called So Far Gone that is said to be his introduction into the music industry. His two most famous songs on the mixtape were Best I Ever Had and Successful. On June 29, 2009 it was confirmed that Drake had signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment. While preforming the song Best I Ever Had in Camden, New Jersey alongside Lil Wayne, Drake with a prior injured knee took a nasty spill on stage. He tore a ligament in his knee and went on the surgery table on September 8, 2009. A year later, on June 15, 2010 his album, Thank Me Later was released. The song Over on Thank Me Later hit number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the song received a nomination for the Best Rap Solo Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards. The final track to the album was