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"You 're either an idiot or you 're purposely choosing to use the law to punish people because you 've already assumed that the person is guilty" (Killer Mike). People today are becoming prejudice against the genre, rap. They don 't understand it. The earliest type of music classified as rap began many years ago in Africa, with the griots, storytellers who tell tales of their experiences or those of the village. It started when one of these griots started telling his story with music playing; this in its form is rap in its most rudimentary form. Many years later in New York, two DJs who were tired of the old style disco ball started spinning disks and are now titled the fathers of rap. Gangsta rap came around when two groups had a rivalry, the east coast and the west coast. Then, a rapper and also former gang member started rapping to bring together the youth ghetto kids in his neighborhood. Along with the rising of the new genre of music came the form of a new art with it, graffiti art. These are how the popular genre of rap came into being. (Joann Wood) Rap lyrics should not be used as evidence in a criminal case. The first reason why we shouldn 't limit rappers ' way of speech is that the first amendment gives artists and authors freedom of expression, or speech. This means a rapper can write lyrics, publish them, and sing them, just as an author can write and publish a book or article. A country music songwriter named Johnny Cash wrote "I Shot A MAn In Reno Just to…

Many would oppose to the idea that Anime and Gangsta Rap are the same. The opposition’s stance can come from various viewpoints. It can be argued that Anime and Gangsta rap are not only different but nowhere close to being the same. Many arguments can branch out from this common thought. For example, it can be said that one is music and the other is visual entertainment. Or even it could be argued that none of the characters in Anime are closely related to realism like Gangsta Rap is; and though…

Introduction Rap lyrics have continuously made a large impact on the lives of people living in the North American ghettos in both positive and negative ways. Rap music, intrinsically has generally created a positive base to which people of the North American ghetto can relate and express their feelings and values towards things like mainstream culture. Kubrin refers to rap music as “The CNN for black America” (2005), it keeps the nation updated with the struggles of the ghetto. Although the…

The focus of my rhetoric research is to analyze the presence of misogyny in conscious rap and how it is reflected in lyrics and criticized compared to gangster rap. This paper will seek to explore how sexism affects listeners when coming from a less street, more mainstream artist, specifically concentrating on rapper J. Cole. Daws, Laura Beth. "The College Dropout: A Narrative Critique of the Music of Kanye West." Florida Communication Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, Fall2007, pp. 90-99. Kanye West…

Speed is an important part of an MC's arsenal; though you don't need to rap as fast as Twista- who currently holds the world record for fastest rap- you do need to learn how to rap fast to improve your versatility. Here are several exercises you can do to improve your rappping speed: Follow LL Cool J's Advice. One of the greatest rappers of all time, LL once recorded a track where he rapped the alphabet while saying "the" in between each letter. So it came out like "The A-The B-The C- The D,…

Have you ever wondered what world record rapper hold? Well today I will be telling you where rap comes from and more including who the fast rapper and more world records. So where did rap originated from? ‘’Rap originated with announcements made over microphones at parties, which developed into more rhyming patterns. A strong influence on rappers was the funk sound of James Brown. By the end of the 1970 rap had become a full-fledged musical genre, thanks to such artists as the Sugarhill Gang…

Have you ever wondered about DRAKES biography if you did then im going to tell you !! Born Aubrey Drake Granham on October 24,1986, in Toronto Canada, Drake grew up with music in his blood … Drake’s parents divorced when he was five years old, and he was raised by his mot her in forest hill, an affluent and predominantly Jewis neighborhood in Toronto. Drake’s parents had divoreced so he had to live with his mother in forest when he was y oung his mom would always play music for him so he grew…

When R&B music was created, it was made by jazz and blues, making it its own new creation. R&B branched off and created hip-hop from jazz and blue meeting something completely unique. From then to now, it continues to change into something unrecognizable. From slow to Twista fast, to rapping to singing in rap, the genre continues to morph. Now, the rhyming is changing; before artists would compare things that match or sound alike, but now rappers say anything. For example, I was riding in the…

coed a cappella group and being a choir director for Bethel AME Church. Due to John Legend’s advanced musical experiences starting in Early Childhood, he was more advanced than other artists who reached stardom, but needed to work on their voices or had to take music lessons. In college, John Legend’s roommate introduced him to, at that time, a new young rapper named Kanye West. Kanye West and John Legend began working together diligently. John Legend began his career writing r&b songs for…