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Rap music has always had misconceptions especially from the age groups of forty and over but this music is opening the eyes of many teens. Teens should be aware of the fact that there is a lot of violence and should learn to stand up and speak for themselves. Jermaine Cole, or better known as J.Cole is a rapper who exposes the truths of society. In his album Forest Hills Drive 2014 he speaks about how there is police violence and that manmy black lives are being targeted for their skin color. In

experience.” Hip-hop started in New York, like in the Mississippi Delta and the blues, its just like that or New Orleans and jazz, that physical environment just informs the way that people apply the sound and whatever. But as it started to migrate, the sound started to change according to the places that it was traveling to. Geography shapes how these mediums sound because the people and the places are different (Lena 494). Today, the terms "rap" and "rapping" are so closely associated with hip-hop music

of these rap songs can range from sex, drugs, race, religion, social issues, and crime. The early 1990s is when Gangsta rap, new form of hip hop first came out. Once “gangsta rap” was formed the negative influences started to increase. The debate suggests that rap or “gangta rap” encourages anti social and pessimistic behavior. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that many people believe promotes procriminal behavior through glorifying involvement in criminal

Since the start of rap music, it has received negative views due to rappers expressing lyrical content in areas such as degrading women, glorifying gang culture, guns, promoting violence within communities as well as toward law enforcement officials. The genre has been ridiculed for having a tremendous impact among its adult and youth listeners and influences increase in violence. Within the genre, there are artist, who promote positive messages. Though in some rap lyrics deviant behaviors are expressed

terms of popularity and his Thug-Life philosophy was “Keep Ya Head Up” which was part of his second album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. The song was released on October 28, 1993. It was a single hit which many believe is dedicated to dedicated to African-American women and Latasha Harlins. It also featured R&B singer Dave Hollister. The song was a form of response to all the mistreatment that was happening to women, especially poor, African-American women. Moreover, it was dedicated to Latasha Harlins

With fame comes exposure. And J. Cole is famous now. He occupies a unique space in hip hop, somewhere between the backpacker and the club banger-creator. It makes for an easy listening experience, but he also incorporates clever, intricate rhyming into his music. Anyway. Back to the list. Number Eight: He is the First Rapper in a Quarter Century to Go Platinum With No Features. It's a feat to go platinum no matter how you assemble your album, but J. Cole managed to do it without any lyrical help

Songs of Adolescence One aspect of adolescence that has become a historical phenomenon is the formation of youth culture. Youth culture can be indirectly traced back to its creation within the ccompulsory education system. Due to this increase in the number of teens being assembled together, they began to share ideas on beliefs and similar interests. Teens began a trend of focusing on clothing, dating, developing their own slang and vocabulary, which has set them apart from other age groups. One

Anthony Pinn describes the sacred elements inherent to hip hop. In his discussion of gospel and blues music, he claims gospel occupies a 'sacred' space since it directly addresses religious themes, while blues contains 'seductive rhythms' and contemporary themes (Pinn 8, 9). While Pinn believes 'secular' and 'sacred' divide is messy and many musical forms occupy both religious and contemporary spaces, I was curious as to why some forms of hip hop were deemed 'sacred' while others were determined 'secular'

Cloud Rap is an experimental and fast growing genre of hip-hop that has surfaced within the last 10 years. It is internet born and has gained immense popularity throughout platforms such as Soundcloud and Youtube. It is recognized by its slow paced, spacey, atmospheric sounds and sad, emo lyrics (focussing on topics such as mental health, drug use and the lyrics often boast the life of the artist). An example of a cloud rapper is internet sensation Yung Lean who's music videos went viral in 2010

Jeff and The Fresh Prince. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince became one of the greatest rap groups of the 90’s. Rap is a style that takes rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted in a musical background. The musical background is also called hip-hop. Rap became popular in the 1980s. 4 Will Smith also became a television superstar on a comedy sitcom called The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Smith wanted to do more acting so he pursued movie roles. After a few movies he starred in, Smith left