Jefferey Lamar Williams, better known by his stage name Young Thug, is among 28 individuals who were indicted in May for allegedly violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act by engaging in gang activity that is supposedly linked to multiple murders, shootings, and home invasions over nearly a
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Public rivalry: The ultimate art crime. Christopher Wallace and Tupac Shakur, popularly known as The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac respectively, changed the genre of hip-hop forever and for the best. Only born a year apart, both rappers made music that spoke on the struggles many African American faced in the
A typical quote among gangsters is, “Once a gangster, always a gangster.” This quote summarizes the gangster life depicted in gangster rap: denigrating women, leading a violent lifestyle, and abusing drugs. It should not come as a surprise that society is slowly deteriorating since people, especially the youth, have decided
K-pop — a rising music genre that utilizes sound and styles all over the world, incorporating not only auditory, but visual, cinematic, thematic, and literary elements into music heard by people all around the world. The main points of K-pop include unique lyrics with meanings that may reference previous
“Dance with the Devil” by Immortal Technique is about a boy named Billy Jacobs and his struggles of living in the ghetto. Coming from a dysfunctional family and living in the projects in New York, Billy wanted to make a name for himself. He participated in many criminal acts in
Delivery is everything, especially in language and art. Nuance, tone, cadence and an all-out verbal assault is primordial if you’re French rapper (born Cameroon) MC Jean Gab’1. Charles M’Bouss (his real name), chose the MC moniker from watching 1960’s and 70’s French cinema and in particular from Jean Gabin, one