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Chris Jacobson Miss Lindquist English 101 15 November 2010 Fearless Rhymes To gaze into the lyrics of both Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur is like living in the ghettos of New York City where violence never stops. Both of these artists grew up seeing and living a life filled with violence. Gunshots and drive-byes, death and murder were a daily occurrence. Although the lyrics of both artists are simply telling their life stories and how hard it was to grow up in their “hoods” they contain

literacy destroyed the stereotype of hip-hop being an “intellectual wasteland” (Neal 212). As he received an education of radical politics through his mother, he witnessed some of life’s hardships through the struggles he went through growing up with his mother (Biography). Majority of Tupac’s songs are about growing up among violence and hardship in the ghettos, racism and conflicts with other rappers during the rivalry occurring between the East and West Coast rappers (Biography). Unfortunately,

sparked by the rapped-about imagery of the dangerous Harlem park. This led to his latest street art project to see and mark different hip-hop locales. Called “Rap Quotes”, Shells spent last weekend with the website Animal putting quotes on signs at 30 different spots throughout New York City that are mentioned in rap songs — giving the city its first unofficial hip-hop history tour. In a world where nothing comes for

mention the word, “rap,” you think of Tupac. His music portrays his life of trials and tribulations, hardship, racism, and growing up in the ghetto. Tupac grew up in the ghetto most of his life. Tupac released most of his music during the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry. Sadly, he was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in

pride. They have added post war northern migration enabled regional country music to be exported to other areas of the United States, especially centers of industrial production: “The argument is that white southerners streamed to northern and West Coast war-plants, while those in the armed forces carried the music around the world, and nonsoutherners stationed in the South were exposed to commercial country music for the first time. Furthermore, the warborn affluence made it economically feasible

Globalization is the process by which people, cultures, ideas, and goods are spread across the world, stimulating the synergy and assimilation of world economies and governments. It references a global economy built on free trade and the use of foreign labor markets to capitalize on revenue, along with the movement of people, ideas, and knowledge from sea to shining sea. The study of history shows us that globalization is not a new phenomenon, rather it has been occurring for centuries. Whether one

diddly-squat. And, yes, one could give that impression--with a fusillade of slang so lame it sounds like Preppie Night at a rapfest. But in the writing game, such shooting from the hip is

of political resistance (p. 6). The Gangsta Culture is a widely known subcultural group that developed in the late 20th century in the “wild, wild west,” and it can be argued that the subculture is highly

You may know Kendrick Lamar as a rapper in today’s hip-hop. His rise to top was one of the best as he worked with some of the best from the “old school” generation such as The Game, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, and even Dr.Dre. He began rapping and dropped his first project at the age of 16. Now I’m going to tell you more about his early childhood and family. Kendrick Lamar was born in Compton, California. His parents were from Chicago. His father was involved in gangs and his families had ties to

Kendrick Lamar and J Cole are two of the best hip hop artist of our generation. Although the two make music about similar subjects they are completely different at the same time. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born June 17, in Compton, California. Before he was born his parents moved there to escape the gang culture in Chicago. In his early days he enjoyed writing stories and poems. In Compton he was exposed to a lot of gang activity in the area even though it didn’t really effect him. In his teenage