David Andrew Burd is a modern day Jewish enthusiast rapper and comedian. He is not your average guy. David’s pseudonym is “Lil Dicky” or “LD”. LD was born in March of 1988 in
Pennsylvania. Lil dicky was born and raised by middleupper class parents. He received straight
A’s during grade and high school, and later went on to attend the University of Richmond. He spent a lot of time in college creating music. After college concluded, David did not get a job right away. Instead he worked intensively on creating a music video for his song
“ExBoyfriend”.
The music video eventually went viral on Youtube. The song and video quality stirred up an innumerable amount of attention from large corporate firms. LD was offered a job in California working for Goodby Silverstein &
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LD has an East coast mindset whereas Chris has
West coast mindset. Chris played sports in school LD did not. All of these are very basic similarities and differences. Lil Dickey and Chris McCandless compare and contrast on a much more in depth spectrum.
The word success is a noun. It means: the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Lil
Dicky was not an overnight successor nor was Chris McCandless. However they both found success in time. Over the course of college, LD spent hours on top of hours creating music before even releasing anything. He never expected to make it big time. Rap was just a hobby LD used to meditate about how he would make money in life. LD was taken aback by the initial success his video created. This was a huge learning curve for Lil Dicky. He did not expect it.
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However, over time, LD adjusted to success with the help of a financial advisor, his parents, and close friends. He learned that this was his true passion and how he was destined to make a living.
Chris planned his Alaskan Odyssey months before it actually happened. He spent monotonous hours exploring the US trying to figure out the right way to live off the land.
Lil durk real name is Durk Banks but he’s better known by Lil Durk . He’s an American rapper from Chicago Illinois. He is signed to the major record label Def Jam as well as French Montana’s Coke Boys imprint. Lil Durk first album was called “I’m Still A Hitta”.
Every hip-hop/rap generation a lot new fresh upcoming aspiring rappers who wishes to go down in hip-hop culture as one of the greatest. Some of them are merely one hit wonders; others go on to silicify their mark in the Hip-Hop culture becoming great artists. In the year 2006 the hip-hop world was introduced to a future superstar by the named of Lupe Fiasco. Lupe Fiasco has become one of hip-hop fastest rising superstar ever since releasing his first album. Although many listeners find some of his music very controversial, yet Fiasco is one of the few artists whose music teaches people about current events that the world has turned the blind eye to, and Lupe lyrical trickster, story teller.
school. It was a wonder that he got into Notre Dame with his high school record.
lot of money and he became rich. I think that this part of his life
...as had a short but unique life and has managed to push himself to attain the success that he always believed he was capable of. Like any other individual’s life he surely has had his ups and downs as everyone else. Within just the first half of his life his father abandoned him and continued to beat his mother, he began both using and dealing drugs, had accidentally shot himself and even had a daughter. The second half was any less eventful then the first. Since his first child he has had three more, picked up a couple more drug habits, has been to prison, attained his GED and has become worth over 100 million dollars.With the many different aspects to both his personality and behavior many different theories from various theorist can be applied to him.
His upbringing is one of an average american citizen. Being raised by his mother Donda West was a English professor lead to him living an average life. His parents divorced when he was very young. Showing interests in the ars at a very young age is something that kept promise. He took under the wing of DJ No I,D at the young age of 15, here is where he learned how to sample and mix beats.Kanye Graduated High School with decent grades and was off to Chicago State University.. He began dropped out of College at the age of 20 to focus on his music as opposed to what he was majoring which was English. He made it big by producing a majority of the songs on rapper Jay Z’s “The Blueprint”. He was still looked down upon as only a producer and not a artist. This was because he came from an a middle class upbringing. The Industry did not see him to fit in with Gangster Rap during that time period. While making his first debut album he Kanye West fell asleep behind the wheel and got into a serious car crash on which he almost died.Kanye West still worked on the album in the hospital, requesting a drum machine to be brought to the hospital. Here he recorded his his single on his First album “Through the Wire” rapping with his mouth wired shut from surgery, From his Debut album “The College Dropout” Kanye West changed the innovated the style of Hip-Hop. As stated before Gangster rap wasn't the only thing
grew up manage a fast food restaurant in the 1960’s and in the early 1970’s he became a self-
successful lyricist. Also, it was Ira’s interest in music that made their parents purchase the
a big figure in the rap community, always doing what he wanted and not caring
Dr. Dre (b. Andre Young, February 18, 1965) became involved in hip-hop during the early '80s, performing at house parties and clubs with the World Class Wreckin' Cru around South Central Los Angeles, and making a handful of recordings along the way. In 1986, he met Ice Cube, and the two rappers began writing songs for Ruthless Records, a label started by former drug pusher Eazy-E. Eazy tried to give one of the duo's songs, & quot;Boyz N the Hood," to HBO, a group signed to Ruthless. When the group refused, Eazy formed N.W.A. -- an acronym for Niggaz With Attitude -- with Dre and Cube, releasing their first album in 1987. A year later, N.W.A. delivered Straight Outta Compton, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit with virtually no support from radio, the press or MTV.
Exploding onto the rap scene, Puffy soon found himself engulfed by the lifestyle of a rapper. For a short time, Puff Daddy was involved in one of the biggest East Coast vs. West Coast battles. Violence erupted, which lead to the death of two rappers: 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G. During this whole time, Puffy was busy producing music and influencing the style of other artists.[I2] Biggie’s single “Hypnotize” soared up to number one and stayed there long after his death. It was not long until the world would get a taste of Puffy’s very[I3] own style.
...hood and a supportive family. He was able to finish school even though he tried poising and killing 2 of his professors. His parents supported him and they taught him how to get what he wanted. Family is such an important factor to success because with out moral support, one can only do so much.
to his goal. He realized the importance of his goal and worked hard to achieve
During this decade artist such as Tupac, Biggie Smalls, Shawn Carter (Jay-Z), Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog. Those are some of artist that revolutionized the rap industry, each artist made an impact to hip hop music. “Jay-Z has built a career on combining nimble, braggadocious and largely autobiographical rhymes with adventurous production that incorporates everything from snatches of classic R&B to Broadway show tunes and Eighties electropop.” (Rolling stone Magazine). Jay-Z has made himself a pioneer of the hip-hop world by show casing himself in his music. He created his own signature by using all kinds of musical influences in the production of his
grades in high school. His parents were proud of him since he was getting good