Kool Moe Dee

After many mixtapes and nearing the edge of household name status, Maryland rapper Logic drops his first album. In this album is a song titled Gang Related. This song tells the story of what environment and household he grew up in. His brother is in a gang and sells cocaine to his father in front of him. Logic's mother is in an out of mental institutions, all the while logic is growing up and trying not to get shot when he walks outside. With drugs and gangs all around him, it is quite amazing that

Chancelor Bennett, is an upcoming rap artist from Chicago, Illinois that has drastically changed the music industry with his unique demeanor and way of words. Chance is formally known as “Chance The Rapper” worldwide. He conducts many acts of kindness including giving back to his hometown that most professional artists would not participate in. He recently donated one million dollars to the Chicago public schools. Furthermore, Chance has been seen doing countless acts of community service just out

B-Rabbit versus Papa Doc The pivotal scene that will be thoroughly represented and analyzed is from the movie 8 Mile, directed by Curtis Hanson, and released in 2002. 8 Mile is a semiautobiographical film based on the life story of the iconic rapper Marshal Mathers, or better known by his stage name Eminem, and how he began his journey into the hip-hop industry. In this film, Eminem plays himself, as the main character named Jimmy Smith Jr.; however, throughout the course of the movie, he is referred

You may know him from his Lisa Simpson haircut or his mouth full of 24-karat gold teeth; he is the 19-year-old rapper that is taking the music industry by storm. In the past, two years his music has gained national recognition and appealed to all types of fan bases. He is a force not to be reckoned with and his name is Kodak Black. He is the self-proclaimed “Project-Baby” from South Florida that is giving rapper a run for their money. Jon Caramanica, from the New York Times, described Black as “an

The modern day person encounters a plethora of genres in their everyday life. Whether going to the grocery store or watching television, people are surrounded by the genres of branding, music, twitter posts, Facebook statuses, and so much more. While it is true that we are impacted by the world of genre around us each day, it is also true that many people do not know what genre is. Genre is the expression of people’s thoughts, ideas, or emotions, towards a target audience, that can be separated into

during the early stages of the genre. That rap battles during the 70’s and 80’s were more about crowd presence rather than better lyrics. I continued to explain that the first rap battle between Kool Moe Dee and Busy Bee ended up making a shift where the Emcee became the star of the show. Because of Kool Moe Dee’s victory, it revolutionized lyrical raps, which ends up being one of the

Smith, announced that he has partnered with SiriusXM radio to bring listeners a new Hip-Hop station entitled "Rock the Bells". The show will only celebrate Hip-Hop from the 70's to the 90's. Featured artists include, Eric B & Rakim, Snoop Dogg, Kool Moe Dee, Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest, to name a few. While at the show's launch party last week LL spoke with VIBE and said, "These guys are too important for me to just let the world think that me and Run DMC started rap music,” he continued

Detroit to interview one of the best to ever rap Eminem. Ice-T’s finally stop is his home state of California now what is funny about his interviews in California, there were some artists from New York but lived in California like MC Lyte, KRS-One, and Kool Moe

people think of Hip-Hop as a historical phenomena that was created through a capitalistic economic system and a very racist government that was trying its best to segregate and oppress the minorities (mainly Black and Latino youth) in our country. DJ Kool Herc, a pioneer of hip hop music and hip-hop culture, could not have said it better when he said “Hip-hop is the voice of this generation. Even if you didn’t grow up in the Bronx in the ’70s, hip-hop is there for you. It has become a powerful force

Lawrence Parker once said that “Rap is something you do, Hip Hop is something you live” (Nicholson, 1). One may ask how can a person live by Hip Hop? The answer lies within how an individual adopts the culture of Hip Hop and how they mold it into his or her’s personal identity: and no one did that as strong as Lawrence Parker himself. Lawrence Parker better known as KRS-One was and actually is a very prominent figure in the world of Hip Hop. Born and raised in Bronx, NY KRS-One was immediately drawn