people express their feelings in various ways. Singers and rappers express their feelings through song, poets express their feelings through their poetry, and artist express their feelings through their art. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is a 33-year-old American hip hop recording artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Lil Wayne produced a political and controversial rap song entitled “Georgia …Bush” An amazing seven and a half minutes of music as a tribute to New Orleans, and to criticize the way president George bush handled hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, and the way he was governing the country. The setting for this song takes place in New Orleans; right after hurricane Katrina destroyed most of …show more content…
Lil Wayne produced a song entitled “Georgia Bush” because he was distraught about the outcome of Hurricane Katrina. Lil Wayne was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had family and friends who died trying to save themselves. Many of his childhood memories were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Lil Wayne decided to dedicate his song entitled “Georgia Bush” to the former president of the United State George W Bush, with the introduction saying “This song right here is dedicated to the president of the United States of America. Y 'all might know him as George Bush, but where I 'm from, the lost city of New Orleans we call him this: Georgia (That’s right) Georgia (Bush). Not only did Lil Wayne criticize the way that President George W Bush handled the hurricane Katrina disaster, he also criticizes the way that he ran the country and was sending troops to fight in the war. He stated in his song “Thick white skin and his eyes bright blue, he just let them kill all of our troops see all the bullshit we been through, had our “niggas” sitting on top of their roofs, Hurricane Katrina, we should’ve called it Hurricane (Georgia) …show more content…
He was tired of George Bush ignores the real problems that were going on at that time. Thousands of people died. Lil Wayne knew that this song would bring more attention to the disaster that was going on in New Orleans. Today in 2016, 10 years later, after hurricane Katrina, singer Beyoncé brought more attention to the city of New Orleans with her song entitled “Formation”. The filming took place in Los Angeles, but features references to Hurricane Katrina, with Beyoncé on top of a police car in a flooded street and later cut to a man holding a newspaper with Martin Luther King Jr. face on it with the title “The Truth”. Later a young hooded boy dance in front of a line of police officers with their hands up before the video cuts to a gratified wall with the words “stop shooting us “ tagged on it, at the end of the video the police car sunk with her on top. Not only did this song, bring awareness to the 10th anniversary of hurricane Katrina it also brought awareness to police brutality, racism, and the “black lives matter movement.” I stand with Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, the people of New Orleans and the countless others who are pushing for a change in the way minorities and the lower class citizen are
In his book “Buzkashi”, Whitney Azoy, a former officer at US embassy in Afghanistan, responds to how the traditional game of Buzkashi demonstrates the life of Afghans. The author tries to take an active part in the daily lives of Afghans to know more about the role of Buzkashi and its corresponding results to the lives of Afghans. Previously, when he was working as an officer, a friend suggested him to get familiar to Buzkashi as an approach to know the Afghans.
Raised as an only child, Dwayne Micheal Carter Jr or more commonly referred to as Lil Wayne, was born September 27th, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Carter’s mother was only 19 years old when he was first born. He was being raised by both his mother and father until his father abandoned them while Dwayne Jr. was only two years old. After being abandoned by his biological father, his mother was forced to take care of him on her own and survive in the crime infested community of Holly grove, New Orleans. Even though he divorced his mother and remarried, his father forced the two live with his own mother and came by to abuse Lil Wayne’s mother on a consistent basis.This situation went on for three years until Lil Wayne’s mother eventually remarried and relocated to a different part of town. Growing up he did very well in school. He was actually enrolled in his school’s gifted program at a point and received top grades. He got into music at a very young age and wrote his first rap song at the age of eight. Lil Wayne had the drive to be the best and successful at his craft since he first began. At the age of nine he was challenging others twice his age and older at rapping. He would consistently go to neighborhood parties or events to rap and most of the time he was better then whatever adult he was going against. As a testament to this, at the age of nine he start receiving attention from one of the two co-founders of his future label, Slim Williams. From Slim, he then received other co-founder, Bryan Williams, phone number and what he did with it after that was truly caught the Bryan’s attention. He continuously called the number over and over leaving rap songs on the voicemail of Williams until he agreed to meet him in person...
Eminem a Detroit kid rapping in just a whole in the wall place with a ambition to make it in a rap career when everyone in his family counting on him, but nobody believing in him. He was one of the only white rappers in a black community growing up and trying to make it. “What comes around goes around” is a quote from eminem when people would try to bring him down and not believe in him anymore. eminem has changed the era of white rappers before him there were no good white rappers and he is still very successful today as a rapper. eminem uses his daughter as motivation a lot and raps about her in most if not every one of his songs. Growing up for biggie wasn't much different, he had gang members trying to fight him everyday because of the life that he chosen. It was...
During the 2015 BET Awards, Lamar performed the song on top of a police car, solidifying the song’s purpose as a protest against police authority and brutality. The next day Fox 5 News aired a segment on the performance and in the editing of the video they highlighted certain lyrics such as: “We hate po-po, wanna kill us dead in the streets fo sho’; My gun might blow” leaving out other crucial lyrics and context to understanding the song. This gave the impression that maybe Lamar’s “gun” would kill a police officer, when in fact he’s talking about killing himself. One of the anchors described Lamar’s performance as “damaging to young African-Americans” and “giving exactly the wrong message.” Lamar responded to the comments in another interview by saying “Hip-Hop is not the problem. “Our reality” is the problem of the situation. This is our music.” He explains that he was rapping about “hope” not “violence.” The messages he sends through hope are within God and using God as a source of relief and belief that eventually, everything will be alright. Lamar insists in the interview that the album is about hope, and that you cannot deny that there are instances of social injustice that or that the judicial system is racially biased. But at the end of the day you cannot take away their hopes and privilege that “we gon’ be
Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor Good Country People'; by Flannery O’Connor is an excellent example of irony in literature. From beginning to end it has a steady procession of irony, much of it based on the title of the story: “Good Country People.' ; In the beginning of the story we meet Mrs. Freeman, wife of the hired hand. She and her husband have been working for Mrs. Hopewell for four years.
Prior to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, Atlanta rapper Jadakiss expressed his discontent in his 2004, chart topping single “Why?” This song, filled with skepticism, questioned President George Bush, the Republican administration, the 2000 national election and the events of September 11, 2001. For these reasons, “Why?” received
STUDY GUIDE ----- The Anthem Chapter 1 1.a. What is the difference between a and a? The society that is represented in the novel is futuristic in terms of the actual date, yet incredibly underdeveloped to what we experience today. The political structure obviously works, because there doesn't seem to be much discontent among the citizens.
Why would Kendrick Lamar write a song like this? To understand this question a person could take a look at where Kendrick Lamar begins his career. Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, California. Kendrick is a songwriter and rapper, he started his career at the age of 16 years old. Kendrick stage name was K-¬Dot when he first started rapping. In 2003, Kendrick released his first mixtape. Since Kendrick was eight years old his idols
Beyoncé, a popular recording artist, released her new song “Formation,” drawing massive amounts of attention to the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter is an international activist movement originating in the African-American community. Members of the movement regularly organize protests following the deaths of innocent Black people and instances of racial profiling and racial inequality. The Black Lives Matter movement started in 2013 after the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen. A year later, the movement grew nationally after two men, Mike Brown and Eric Garner, were killed by police officers. The media has spread the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” giving communities the chance to understand the movement and gain knowledge
He is a hard rapper and always talking about gunning down people, robbing them, kidnapping their woman, but in this instance his emotions and intentions were different. Suddenly, he wasn’t the gangster we all knew him to be. He is almost crying over the microphone, expressing true feelings and emotions. Now that I know that Black can be a slow rapper it makes us feel almost adolescent with his soft and gentle voice. I look up to him in a new manner. Hopeful for a new beginning when out of this prison, Black relies on himself to get through this hard time. Regretting his bad choices as I would if I was in his position, he continues about how his “baby girl” is his only family and that he doesn’t have family like the normal person does. I am shocked to hear that about Black, not having the people we all need to survive emotionally. This is a sad thing, we all need a shoulder to rely on and to never worry about losing that “shoulder”. Making me have my own empathy on Black and his situation at hand, I reflect onto my own life once again to think, how much easier it is if you follow the law and do not get in trouble (locked up). You can express your feelings through seeing someone in person, and seeing their reaction and raw emotions back. Speaking of all the bad that he has done to get himself in prison, you can see him repenting his sins in the
As it opens with imagery reminiscent of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, an event that devastated the black communities in the areas affected. The delayed assistance in New Orleans by the U.S. government stirred some controversy that led many to question how much America really cares about its black communities. Nonetheless, Beyoncé’s video is full of imagery that is associated with black culture, including historical references to black communities in the south. But what is really important about “Formation” are the lyrics. With lyrics like “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana, You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas Bama” and “I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros, I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils,” Beyoncé is undoubtedly declaring her pride for her blackness as well as defending her child Blue Ivy who has always been scrutinized for the way her hair looked. Thus, this song is obviously geared toward the Black community which is obvious due to the lyrics and the imagery in the music video. To put it plainly, this song is a proclamation of Black pride and shouldn’t be thought of in any other way. However, after performing it at the Super Bowl people of other ethnicities became aware of the song and became offended by her performance as well as the lyrics. Controversy arose as people pointed out her backup dancers were dressed similarly to the Black Panther
He explains he’s slowly working to getting them through therapy and Beyonce’s unconditional support. By trying to gain these emotional tools, it has inspired him to write his song “Song Cry.” Jay-Z concludes how it is hard for men to express their emotion. This song is a way of letting people know he wants to be open and wants to have the emotional tools to help keep his family together. He then begins to state how Beyonce and him love each other and have put a lot to keep their marriage together. In particular, they have put a lot of hard work on therapy he mentions. Jay-Z also shines a light on how people are likely to give up in a relationship, instead of working it out. He hopes by sharing his story he inspires those watching who have given up on their relationship to try to fix
Meanwhile, Beyonce caused a controversy due to the song she released, ‘Formation’ before her performance at the Super Bowl. The disagreement was that people, mostly Caucasian, thought they were being attacked through her lyrics and especially with her super bowl outfit. Beyonce and her backup dancers were wearing outfits that looked very similar to the black panthers party, which was a group that was against the government and all for self defence. Along with her song came a music video, this video has so much symbolism, for an example standing on top of a New Orleans cop car in the
In this essay I will be making it about music. I will talk a little about a character in the book and then I will be thinking of a song that would fit the characters mindset. The songs in the essay will be sad songs because in this book two girls were kidnapped and are going to be sold in the sex trafficking business. The characters I will be using for this essay are Aggie, Macy, and Skye.
Beyoncé’s “Formation” starts with a strong opening with an ode to Messy Mya, a YouTube personality who was murdered in New Orleans and it raises the question, “What Happened after New Orleans?” The video had a lot of thought put into it. The fact that Beyoncé, in the video, is sitting on top of a sinking police car representing New Orleans and the terrible Hurricane Katrina effects adds an element of unity, and activism to the video. The video overall is great. I love Beyoncé’s work but the problem comes when you separate the lyrics from the video. The lyrics are baffling to say the least. She starts with a strong message then goes downhill to “Slay trick, or you get eliminated”. One