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It was a Tuesday morning in the Information Technology class at State College. An older student was doing his best to ignore the loud, obscene disruption occurring next to him, the result of two younger students ignoring the lesson at hand. Finally, he gave in and spoke up against their sanctimonious display, and was quickly bullied and threatened with violence in front of the entire class. Both aggressors exemplified and embodied every aspect of the hip-hop culture: Ebonics spewing out of their

The struggles of a single mother is not something everyone will fully understand. In the late 90’s there was huge poverty and gang violence in Los Angeles, California where Tupac grew up. Many of his songs reflect on how his experience was in this environment. In Tupac Shakur’s song, “Dear Mama” found in album, Me Against the World, for a single mother to show love for her child takes a huge struggle, especially when it was a time where gang violence was really high and fathers would leave their

Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur was a very famous rapper he is well known for being very lyrical. He was a violent person but he had very good wisdom. His rhymes were the best of his time and still the best now. He had a very hard childhood his mother spent most of the times in jail during pregnancy. So when he was born she was just getting out of prison. So it was tough for her to get back on her feet. She ended up raising him and she did it well, Tupac is infamous for telling everyone that his mom

The Songs and Deaths of Rockstars      Music as we know it today is the voice of a generation. It gives us entertainment, and speaks out for a community of people in many ways. Most people listen to at least some sort of music, and serves a purpose in almost every facet of society. Just about any expression can be shared through music, inlcuding ideas and feelings about death. Music is used in various way when pertaining to death, including songs about how a death occurred

Music has been around since the creation of humans. It is a sound that to us humans is appealing and it 's something that we listen to when we are sad, happy, excited, mad, and etc. There are many types of music, but when i look at the type of music that represents reality the most it is hip hop and rap. Hip hop has been around since the 80s but it has become increasingly popular throughout all of our community. Rap artists started out rapping about where they were from and the life they lived, and

James Powell Ben Pack WRIT-340 31 March 2015 What We Learn From Kendrick Lemar’s To Pimp A Butterfly Life is a jungle, a beautiful, colorful landscape, often painted with harsh conflict and oppression. Navigating forward requires keeping healthy relationships with the community and those close to you, maintaining focus on your true identity, and not losing sight of larger than life goals. These ideals are the message that Kendrick Lamar wishes to bestow upon whomever experiences his latest album

the 1990s sing about. The decade began with an attraction towards street-life, pain and agony in music with bands like the Nirvana and Metallica. Even in other genres like rap music, gang-life and drugs became commonly bragged about. N.W.A, Tupac Shakur, and Christopher Wallace (Notorious B.I.G) all expressed this life in the hood. In addition, pop artists utilize their flawless physical features to sell their music.

“I’m a reflection of the community,” - Tupac Shakur. (3) For most artists, music creates a medium that can be used to express their thoughts and feelings to listeners, but for Tupac Shakur, known mostly as 2Pac, music became the medium in which he communicated not only his own struggles, but also the struggles of his community and his peers. (1) Tupac possessed an uncanny ability to express emotion through his lyrics, being able to tell detailed and tangible stories about the daily violence and

Parents of teenagers fear one thing in particular: their music, especially the lyrical content. Teenagers find no issue in the music they listen to, and for good reason: just because the music may contain explicit or violent lyrics, research has disproven any conspiratorial links between the music and violent behavior. In fact, it can be used resourcefully instead, unless censorship removes that resource. Teen music, specifically hip-hop and rap, should not be censored because the lyrics can be a

Powerade is a sports energy drink manufactured by Coca-Cola. It has been around since 1988 and was intended to compete with Gatorade in the sports drink industry. After being introduced, it successfully became the official sports drink for the Olympics of that year. Their product line consists of only beverages and lacks complementary goods like protein bars or energizing snacks. Their two specific products is the Powerade ION4 and Powerade ZERO. ZERO is a healthy alternative for consumers in which