Stanley Kirk Burrell, best known as M.C. Hammer is a famous pop rapper artist, dancer, actor and entrepreneur from Oakland California. His famous life started in 1980s until 1990s when he recorded “U Can’t Touch This” and “2 Legit 2 Quit”. Hammer is also famous for his dance style and choreographies that had impressed other famous artists. During his music career he has sold more than 50 million records and competed with other hip hop icons (Billboard, 2016). Also, Hammer had participated in TV shows which people could follow and know what the real Hammer’s life was. Even thought American music has significant Pop Rap artists, M.C. Hammer is considered as a pioneer who had changed the innovation of pop rap by incorporating freestyle music and …show more content…
Because of his freestyle music, people started to follow him and accept that type of music that was different from other rap music. Also, people started liking his songs and the way he played the songs. Youngest people became familiar with his songs and started making a smash within Hammer’s famous songs such as u can’t touch this, turn this moutha out, super freak, 2 legit 2 quit, have you seen her and pray. These songs were his top songs, where he achieved Billboard diamond, Grammys, American Music, People’s choice and NAACP image awards (Billboard, 2016). All those awards helped him to become a legacy within the pop rap culture because he has influenced and has been influenced by great hip hop artists as Kurtis Blow, James Brown, Big Daddy Kane and Michael Jackson who are also known as music …show more content…
Hammer did not only focus his career in music. He wanted to do something different and show his personal life to the public by doing a TV show. The purpose of his TV show was to project his normal life to people so everyone was able to see his real day-to-day life. According to a New York Times publisher Ginia Bellafante, “Hammertime goes into race-politics overload to prove that black rappers can be top-grade family men ascribing to yuppie values” (Ginia Bellafante, June 12, 2009). In other words, Hammer’s TV show was to demonstrated that being a famous black rapper did not take him away for certain responsibilities as family. This might be an idea that most people have about famous people that they just dedicated their life to spend money and to do controversial appearances. M.C. Hammer not only participated on TV shows, he also participated in a movie called Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em: The Movie. It came out in 1990 and was about Hammer’s personal life as a child who had to fight with a neighborhood full of drugs and alcohol. The movie got awards because people voted for the best film in the year. People liked to watched how Hammer became an artist, and how he influenced other black people who lived the same situation and who could change their life style by dedicating time to the music; especially to hip hop and rap music between the 1980’s and 1990’s (Billboard,
“I am who I am and I say what I think. I’m not putting a face on for the record” (BrainyQuote). This quote describes Marshall perfectly, it shows that he is an important figure in American history because he does all these things out of love and not because of the attention he gets. He does it because he loves kids and loves his fans. He wants to be original in himself and not be like any other individual.
Introduction: Thesis statement - Since becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album in a male dominated genre of music and MCs, MC Lyte has shown that she can compete with the guys. She is not only the first female solo rapper ever nominated for a Grammy, she is also an actress, music executive, DJ, host, public speaker, and female activist. Purpose: The intention is to research some facts of MC Lyte and compare them to other rappers that have common ideas.
How The Music Industry Went West In this essay I will be covering how Kanye West made a huge impact on hip-hop/rap music. West is one of the most impactful if not the most impactful hip-hop/rap artist of all time. West changed the way hip-hop/rap music was portrayed throughout his career. One of the reasons wests music has been dynamic in the music industry is that he was heavily influenced by some of the greatest artist of our time.
On this day 20 years ago, hip-hop lost one of the greatest rappers to ever pick up a mic. A pioneer, a trailblazer, a legend, Biggie Smalls changed rap forever with his rhymes, and unique flow that so many try to replicate today. A lot of people including myself wonder what hip-hop would be like if Biggie was still alive till this day. Regardless of what you think, the impact that he made in such a short time still allows a person to make a valid argument that he's the greatest of all time. Christopher Wallace was murdered March 9th, 1997 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 24.
Born on December 04, 1969, Jay Z originally known as Shawn Corey Carter had grown up in Brooklyn’s Marcy housing projects in New York. He had only his mother to raise him as his father had walked out on them when he was only just a boy. He was the last of his four siblings. In 1996 he and his two neighborhood friends had formed Roc-A-Fella records and had issued Jay-Z's debut, Reasonable Doubt.
With crime, war, and poverty at an all-time high, a message of hope and strength needed to be delivered. Tupac Shakur, a California rapper with a dream of peace for struggling people, collaborated with rhythm and blues singer, Dave Hollister, and
One of the greatest rappers of all times demonstrated this greatness, Tupac Shakur. In my opinion Tupac Shakur was one of the greatest rappers of all time. Even though he did die, his songs and lyrics still linger in the minds of many. He is the first rap artist to have two number one albums in the Billboard 's Top 200 albums chart.
Tupac could arguably be the most detrimental celebrity of all time; however, it 's his music that made him my biggest inspiration to pursue music as a career. Tupac came from a life of poverty and violence growing up; nevertheless, he used his family 's tribulations as fuel to become an icon to millions of people worldwide. Poverty and violence did not play a role in my childhood, instead, like Tupac it was my choice to join a gang and start selling drugs as a teenager. Growing up being of a mixed race, Caucasian and Latino, was not easy for me. I encountered racism in my school, in my
In the article Hip-Hop White Wash: The Impact of Eminem on Rap Music and Music Industry Economics. The article starts with Eminem moving from place to place due to his parents having addiction problems. Then it goes into how Eminem became a musician and lastly it talks about the impact of Eminem on rap music. In the article it explains how Eminem moved from place to place and how this scrawny white boy who was a nobody that lived in the worst part of Chicago became and became this rap mogul that everyone respected.
As the granddaughter of a strong ,devoted Christian woman and also the daughter of two teenagers from Compton California, one being a convicted felon, I see people for their present rather than their past affairs. If my grandmother were to be presented with this question, she would make a reference to the story of Jesus allowing a tax collector, a person who was greatly looked down upon, to join him as one of his disciples. There are endless possibilities for one to change as a person, though this is true media seems to believe otherwise. Today 's society is controlled by the opinions that the media presents to them, and the media 's position is to find the wrong in those who are successful. As a result, Dr.Dre 's past is all that matters to the world oppose to his accomplishments as a black man from the hood.
Due to the public entertainment interest being depictive of an aggressive and negative lifestyle, the image that was attached to the word thug brought fear to the public. Tupac’s image at the time was the ideal fit for what the media wanted the public to recognize as the image of a thug. Although Tupac publicly displayed his resentment to the judicial system, he also displayed his love for his community and the career in acting. However, Tupac’s positive image was not displayed through the media as his negative acts were. A person that is labeled as a thug, an individual who the media portrays to be feared, would have no business acting alongside well-respected
“Ooooh Child Things are Gonna Get Easier” Or Will They? Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest African American rap artists the hip-hop world was blessed to have. Tupac’s music is some of the most dynamic, influential, and self-powering music from the 1990s. Even though his messages for a higher respect for women, an end to gang violence, and a better world were over shadowed by his arrest on a first-degree sexual abuse and him being shot on multiple occasions, they can still be heard in his music today.
50 cent is a famous rapper who influenced people. (Jackson). Born in july 6, 1975 New York. He is important because he won an award for the best male rapper hip hop Following in the tracks of hip-hop moguls such as Dre and Jay-Z, 50 Cent successfully expanded his brand to other markets. He promoted and invested in Vitaminwater, a partnership that reportedly netted him $100 million when the company was sold to Coca-Cola in 2007.
Unlike the usual ghetto rapper who had came up from nothing and blew up by telling his story, Tupac had grown to like music, acting, politics, due to his mother, he had a good head on his shoulders that could make him something bigger. He was a very talented rapper who won many competitions at school. Attending classes such as poetry, jazz, and acting at other schools that he had attended. Moving from home to home, Tupac and his mother finally settled down in Marin City, California. At 17, Pac joined a theater company, Ensemble Theater Company, where he wanted to engage his career in entertainment.
He voices his concerns about his own financial status in the second verse, saying "Please, don't hold my money, man, just wire me my check. " This sentiment is echoed by Greg Tate, who critiques the commercialization of hip-hop and the lack of support for the communities and artists that created the culture. Stormzy urges fellow artists to remember the original goal of creating music from their own intersectionality, rather than just as a marketing tool for record labels. Tate argues for the importance of hip-hop in rebuilding black communities and promoting social equality and justice (Tate, 251). This issue of commercialization and exploitation has been explored in lecture, with examples such as Bobby Shmurda highlighting the moral and legal concerns that arise when artists are treated as disposable commodities by their labels.