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plan?” Crocco asked. “Where’s that mangy old dog I always see laying around here?” “You mean Flash?” Crocco asked. “Yeah. It’s time for old Flash to take one for the team,” William said. Crocco walked into the barn. A moment later, he returned with one of the farmhands. Walking slowly behind the farmhand was an old Springer Spaniel. “This is Jack,” Crocco said introducing William to the farmhand. “Flash is his dog.” “It’s nice to see you again,” Jack said, stepping forward and extending his hand

The Hip Hop is basically a cultural movement that originated in the Suburbs of cities. It was began to evolve in 1970 and in particular by the Americans who of African descent (American Africans) . Rap is a type of singing. It combines the performance of different rap utter words without committing to a particular tune, and rhythm. Rap began in Kingston, Jamaica City at the end of the sixties as a kind new musical was derived from dancehall. It has spread in the United States at the beginning of

Hip-hop began in the early 1970s and 1980s in the Bronx, New York. It began a mixture of poetic writings and funky beats. Not only has the genre has become widely commercialized in the United States but it is becoming globalized in pop culture. Youths of various nations have added their own style into the musical genre. In countries such as Japan, hip hop is better known as Nip- Pop, the genre has grown to be quite a commercial success and has become a cultural movement in Japan. Hip hop is one

How the Hippies got hip with the beat of the Beat Movement Jack Kerouac once said, “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars” (Kerouac 5). Kerouac was the symbol of the Beat Movement. He was the rebellious and adventurous man, who during his time was

The Music during the Hippie Movement Background The hippie movements of the sixties were driven by a plethora of factors. There were many new technologies that were being introduced in this period, a war against Communism around the globe, internal struggles against several types of injustices, a growing drug culture, and several other important developments. To say the least, it was a volatile period in American history and many sub-cultures were actively seeking to carve out new paths that

It is clear that the hip hop culture plays a huge role in the lives of many people. It has influenced the way people dress, the way they talk, and the way they act. Unfortunately, many big corporations have taken advantage of this and commercialized rap music in order to gain a profit (Blair, 497). Commercialization is a very complex topic; however, it is important to understand. This is because of the fact that when something becomes widely known, such a hip hop and rap have, it is vulnerable to

The purpose of this paper is to explore the major characteristics of hip hop studies, how they have evolved over the years, and how hip hop can be used to teach others. To begin, a great summary of the major characteristics of hip hop studies is The Kaledioscope of Writing on Hip-Hop Culture by Gail Hilson Woldu. For instance, in his book Woldu discusses the academic characteristic of hip hop studies (Woldu, 10). The author gives several examples of major works that have come from academic writing

hat love of hip-hop has led Kxng Crooked, and DJ King Tech to produce One Shot, a new BET competition show in which Sway and the producers are in search of the next undiscovered hip hop artist. One Shot's first episode had aired Tuesday, August 23rd and the series will continue on BET on Tuesday nights at 10p.m. until its final episode in September. One Shot's goal is to showcase and locate the next big rapper who will receive a label deal and 100,000 dollars from another executive producer Mike

was skyrocketing, abandonment of children was typical and the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases was devastating. Many factors were playing a part of this, and Hip Hop was a big one. Hip hop from the golden ages of Grandmaster flash and to modern day Lil

Donald J. Trump will be the next president of the United States. Continuously throughout the election process, pundits and commoners alike dismissed even the slightest possibility of a Trump victory for a host of reasons. The most glaring of which was that he had no political experience, followed closely by the fact that he consistently spewed hateful rhetoric directed at nearly every demographic imaginable, save for white men. Nevertheless, as the election drew closer, the number of his supporters