In the music world, the face of a singer or rapper often becomes the symbol of a song’s success. Fans idolize performers, assuming that powerful lyrics and catchy melodies come directly from their favorite stars’ minds. However, behind many chart-topping tracks is a hidden figure: the ghostwriter. These unseen contributors
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Music serves as a platform for self-expression, rebellion, and storytelling. The music industry, often shrouded in mystery, is filled with scandals and crimes. Many artists reveal these truths through their lyrics—truths they can’t speak aloud but can sing about. Over the years, musicians have used their songs to expose the
On November 5th 2021, Travis Scott was performing his final set at his music festival, Astroworld. Astroworld is a Houston music festival founded by Scott and hosted on the former grounds of Six Flags Astroworld. The festival was first launched in 2018 and has continued every year since then, with
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
In 2018 there was a song released called “Murder on my Mind” by 23 year old, Jamell Maurice Demons, better known as YNW Melly who is an American Rapper. The song gained a lot of attention from several people due to the fact that the lyrics presented very detailed and
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
We’ve all heard it time and time again. Murder, robbery, drug dealing, and countless other crimes being spoken about in rap music. Crime and rap music undoubtedly have an intrinsic connection. But in a way, this is the beauty of the genre; it’s ability to shed light on what it’s
Rapper Pop Smoke was murdered in a Los Angeles rental home on July 9, 2020. He was 20 years old. Social media posts accidently revealed the home address and allowed another group of teen boys to track him with the intent of stealing his luxury jewelry. When a fight erupted
Creating rap music is one way human beings can express themselves through the sharps and flats of a key, the rhyming pattern of the lyrics, and the rests, the beats, or the speed of the song. It was a new form of art that began in the streets of New