“Drippy” Have you ever heard that before? That phrase came from an artist by the name of Famous Dex. Nobody knows why he calls himself famous Dex, but his real name is Dexter Gore. Dexter is an upcoming rapper from Englewood, Chicago, he is 22 year old rapper currently signed with Atlantic Records and his own 300 entertainment. He started rapping not because other people was rapping and getting their names known, but because he wanted to do it for his mother who died from breast cancer, but that’s not what he always wanted to do. The two things he was known most for though were being fun and good on the court. He played basketball up to his junior year where he couldn’t play anymore because he was to busy in the streets. The
Body: All i wanted to do when I was younger was rap. I would love to write, so rapping was a second nature to me. It was how I got my feelings out of my system. When got a chance to write nothing else in the entire world mattered. It was like no one could hurt me and nothing else existed. I never cared about how the music
Manish Choudhary once stated, ”Diversity is also a great driver of innovation.” One must embrace their differences and use them to . Marshall Mathers III is an American rapper who was born in St. Joseph Missouri on October 17, 1972. He fought through extreme poverty with a single, drug addicted, mother. In many circumstances the world was very mean to him, he showed his reality of the world inside of his raps. Marshall Mathers III created a whole new style of white rapping, used persistence through his tough childhood, and illuminated the world by showing his view of the world, inside of his raps.(“Eminem,” 2014)Marshall Mathers III otherwise known as Eminem created a whole new style of rapping and proved that white people could rap. white
In February 17, 1963 Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Jordan is famous because of his occupation which is basketball. He has many nicknames such as: “air Jordan”, “black cat”, “ his Airness”, and finally “MJ”( Not Michael Jackson) because his is so great at his job. Michael excelled in sports in early age from growing four inches in the summer and averaging twenty-five point every game in his years of high school. In his junior year of college of North Carolina Michael decide to enter the NBA draft. The Chicago Bulls picked Jordan third overall.
Sean "Puffy" Combs has established himself as one of the biggest names in hip-hop (Heal). Combs a Harlem native whose father was killed when he was only 3 years old, rose from the mean streets to the top of the music business (AP wire, March 18). "It is true that he started from scratch, and I don't think that because he was arrested, people will stop buying his albums (AP wire, March 18). Before pursuing his career as a vocalist, Combs was a business-minded Howard University student and an intern at Andre Harrell's Uptown Records. Combs soon became the A&R representative for Uptown. He then began producing for soon to be mega-stars Mary J. Blige, Heavy D., and Jodeci to name a few. After being let go
Kanye West is one of hip-hop's most influential rappers/producers. With albums like 808s and Heartbreak revolutionizing autotune in hip-hop, he has influenced many young artists to launch their careers. In this essay, I will discuss his early life, career, and current career. He started from nothing and built himself up to be one of the greatest. Kanye’s rise to fame is a great story of perseverance.
Living in California he was a backup dancer for rap group Digital Underground.Touring with the band , he was allowed to appear on one song and doing so,opened up the way to a solo career.He was signed to Interscope records where he released two albums .While on the label he was in a sexual assault trial where he was convicted .While serving time in prison he released his ,his famous album, “Me Against The World.”After the release of his album , he was bailed out of jail by Death Row Records founder Suge Knight.In exchange for being bailed out he had to produce three albums which included, “Me Against The World, All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati:7Day
Snoop Dogg. The man, the myth, the legend. A rapper from the West Coast, whom had received given some of life’s sourest lemons and turning them into something that resembles lemonade. This man has traveled a long and difficult road, finally leading to his lifelong dream. This dream starting after his founding by Dr. Dre in the early 90’s. Zero to none could have predicted that he would he would become something more than a gangster from the hood. Even considering that he was basically a cofounder of gangster rap itself, with millions of record sales, and an expansive career as an actor/director, the chances were highly unlikely. And that’s only scratching the surface, after all everyone has a history behind their life. From bad encounters with law enforcement to his self rediscovery of being a reggae artist. Snoop Doggs story is far from over, so what will this icon surprise us with next?
A.One of his main passions growing up was poetry, leading him to start rapping at the age of fourteen. Spending his free time in the studio was the perfect oasis to keep him from commiting
At age 12 his cousin introduced him to freestyling and he followed that inspiration and became one of the best hip hop rappers of this generation. At his young age he fell in love with storytelling rappers such as Nas, Eminem, and Canibus. By the age of 17 he would post his raps online
He was introduced to the world of rap by his cousin, who taught him the rhythm and style. He fell in love and with rapping, and was drawn to storytelling rap. In one of his newest album’s Mr. Lamarr talks about not having sufficient love and his room was a sanctuary during his
This was the first time ever that a rapper’s album became platinum without any other artists being featured on the album. Overall, he has became an idol for his honesty and courage as both a rapper and a human
That's when Tupac began to hang out with the wrong crowd. When he turned 15, he fell into rap, and started writing lyrics, forming his New York background for all it was worth. He called himself Mc New York and made people believe he was a tough guy. By the time Tupac was 20 he had been arrested eight times, and served eight months in prison, after being convicted of sexual abuse.
As a teenage dropout, Marshall found a way to release his anger and convey his love of language through hip-hop/rap. One group that
A lot of artists take on stage names as Eminem’s real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III and Lil Wayne’s real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. A good amount of Eminem’s music is stories of his family life and upbringing in Detroit, MI where he was picked upon by bullies in the neighborhood and his drug abusing parents and the poverty in which they lived (sdonline 1). Eminem is known throughout the industry as being the first white rapper to make it big. At age of nine, Lil Wayne was the youngest member of the record label named Cash Money Records based in New Orleans, LA. He was one half of the group The B.G.’z with his partner Lil’ Doogie who now goes by the name B.G. Between these two artists, they have sold several million albums in the last 10
Shawn Corey Carter better known as Jay-z is not just a known rapper he is also a successful business man and an investor. Born in the projects of Brooklyn New York Jay-z made his debut in the mid-1990’s as one of the most financial successful hip hop artist to this day. His music focus became significant with no major label, he sold CD’s out his car with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs. Those three individuals created Roc-A-Fella records as an independent label in the mid 1990’s.