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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 average rapper wouldn’t be able to grace the pages of Rap Pages, VIBE, Spin, The Source, URB and Stress and go on a national tour months before their major label debut album is released. Then again Eminem isn’t the average rapper. Marshall Bruce Mathers a.k.a. Eminem. Born October 17, 1972, grew up in Kansas City. From there he began his career as an individual white rapper. Not many white people are able to succeed in the rap industry, but Eminem has proved everyone wrong. He is now one of

Despite taste in music, age or nationality, everyone is bound to know the famous rapper, Eminem. Many eagerly awaited his return to the music industry; while some hoped to never see his name on the charts again. After a long break from the industry, Eminem made his return in 2010, rising to the top of the charts once again. Critics have claimed his lyrical content is inappropriate and effects the nation’s youth negatively, but his fans argue that he and his 2010 return have been a source of inspiration

50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson on July 6, 1975[1] in Queens, New York) is a popular African-American rapper, also known as Fitty or Fifty, who rose to fame following the success of his 2003 debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Biography Once almost unknown outside his hometown of Southside Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent is currently one of the most well-known and commercially successful rappers of the decade. Because the success of an artist in gangsta rap often depends on street credibility and

Eminem was born Marshall Mathers III on October 17, 1972 in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Marshall Mathers Jr. and Deborah Mathers. His father abandoned the family when Marshall was just a baby. His mother raised him by herself. He grew up very poor, going from school to school every time his mother would get a new job. He didn’t have many friends and would constantly get bullied throughout his childhood. He was always fond of English and would read the dictionary in his spare time just to expand his

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar did an exceptional job on his 2012 album, starting a new limit that all other rappers will have to reach. Unlike any other rapper; Lamar tells a real, true, and relatable story, and this contributes to this albums success. This novel like album does not hold back at all when its story is being told within the twelve songs featured. Kendrick speaks of several scenarios happening while he is 17 and living his life. He throughout this album speaks on finding his

They say that you know you’ve done something amazing when the person receiving your good deed will never be able to repay you. When you owe someone your entire life, it means they did something extraordinary; it means they put their heart and soul into your heart and soul. I’m not talking about someone picking up your books for you when they come erupting from your hands as you’re walking down the hall; I’m talking about someone standing with you when the world is dark and full of despair – being

Run DMC grew up in Hollis Queens. When Simmons was a teenager, he was influencedinto hip hop by his older brother named Russell Simmons. Russell was an up coming hip hoppromoter. Once Simmons started performing he was known as “DJ Run” rapper for Kurtis Blow.At the time McDaniels was more into athletics than music while Simmons was trying to take themusic far, he even bought a set of turntables to practice on his own. Simmons convincedMcDaniels to start rapping but McDaniels wouldn’t perform in public

I am probably one of the largest Eminem fans in Serrano Intermediate School. I starting liking his music in fifth grade, and my love for rap has grown. I don’t like today’s hip hop, and instead I like the old school rap. I am a big fan of Eminem, Dr. Dre, NWA, D12, Snoop Dogg, and many more. I’m okay with 2000’s rap, but when I hear today’s songs, they’re just weird. Drake’s older albums are okay, but The View just doesn’t represent rap, in my opinion. Also, I can sing the lyrics to almost any popular

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