Why was Mac Miller so influential? Mac Miller was influential because of the type of music he made and how people related to it in many different ways. First, Mac Miller started his career at the age of 14 under his first rap name, Easy Mac. He released his first mixtape “But My Mackin ain't Easy” in 2007. Two years later in 2009, Mac Miller changed his rap name again to “Mac Miller” and he released another two mixtapes named “The Jukebox: Prelude to Class Clown”, and “The High Life.” After he released those mixtapes, that was when he started to get a lot of recognition and got signed to Rostrum Records, a Pittsburgh music label. On August 13th, 2010 Mac Miller released his successful mixtape, “K.I.D.S.” That mixtape put Mac Miller in the …show more content…
The album has a different tone, and sound than his previous work, this album has Hip-Hop-R&B, jazzy, funk, and upbeat instrumentals. This album is important to the late rapper because he's been making music in an R&B form but he was just too scared to release it, stated the rapper “I’ve been creating songs like this for a long time and I’ve just been scared to put them out. Singing to me just feels really vulnerable. I haven’t been as confident in my singing voice in the past. But I realize it’s not about whether my voice is the most incredible singing voice.” Many fans think this is his other best album because it is so different. This album contains lyrics about romance, his experiences and what that meant to him. After his release with “The Divine Feminine” the rapper didn't know what to do next. In the following two years, he announced his new album “Swimming” on July 12th, 2018 but didn't release it till August 3rd, 2018. Mac Miller had one goal the rapper started “The goal here is to be as good as possible”. Mac Miller finally felt at peace with how the album sounded and felt happy about it after years of being in the dark. On September 7th, 2018 Mac Miller passed away from an accidental drug overdose at the age of 26. Fans and family were devastated about his passing. Circles is Mac Miller's last album, being a
Anthony Mundine is an Aboriginal Australian professional boxer and former rugby league player and he is currently the WBC Silver Super Welterweight Champion. Before his move to boxing he was the highest paid player in the NRL. He was born in May 21, 1975, he is 1.8m tall and is the son to Tony and Lyn Mundine.
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.
Adam John Walsh was born on November 14, 1974, he was 6 years old when he was kidnapped and killed. Adam was abducted from a Sears parking lot on July 27, 1981 in Hollywood, Florida. His severed head was found in a drainage canal off of the Florida turnpike two weeks later by 2 fishermen. Adam Walsh’s story was turned into a t.v. show called Adam. 38 million people have watched Adam since it first aired in 1983. Adam’s father, John Walsh, became an advocate for victims of violent crimes and is the host of the television show, America’s Most Wanted. Convicted serial killer, Ottis Toole, confessed to Adam’s murder, but was never convicted.
Over a three week period in October 2002 a series of random sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington D.C. area. The shootings happened in in various establishments such as super markets, gas stations, restaurants and near schools turning normal tranquil areas into chaotic murder fields. There were no age group, gender or ethnicity that was safe, Victims were randomly selected and everyone was targeted. After the murderous spree, ten people were declared dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were finally apprehended while they were sleeping at a resting spot and later identified as forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old Jamaican-American protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo.
Christa McAuliffe and “The Teacher in Space Project” Sharon Christa Corrigan, best known as Christa McAuliffe, was born on September 2, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts. She died on January 28, 1986 because of the Challenger space shuttle exploding seventy-three seconds after take-off, in Florida. McAuliffe would be the first teacher/civilian in space that was not an astronaut, she would go through training like astronauts do, plan lessons to teach while in space, and would later die in a tragic explosion of the Challenger. McAuliffe graduated from Framingham State College in 1970. She was married to Steven McAuliffe.
For a long time, women’s potential in Science was little to none. However, over the years, it has now changed because of the outstanding breakthroughs and encouraging accomplishments women have done through the years. It is because of them, women’s potential in Science and other realms of studies has now evolved with more understandings and discoveries. It is for the reason of Maria Mitchell, one of the first female astronomers to be recognized in Science, that women’s potential were essentially respected. Her discoveries during her time as a student, a teacher, and an astronomer paved the way for many others, not just in Science, but also for woman’s rights and potential to be seen.
William Clark was ½ of the genius team that made their way through miles of unknown land, unknown nature, unknown natives, and came home with all but one voyager, who was killed of natural causes. William Clark and Meriwether Lewis were the first Americans to try and map the Louisiana Purchase area, and not only did they map it, they discovered allies, new plants and animals, and discovered new land and water routes that could be useful for future travelers.
Danny Clark was an American soldier that fought in a war some time ago. It all began when he need money to live a good life. So he enlisted to the military and he was sent to battle right away.
“I am Sick - discontented - and out of humour. Poor food - hard lodging - Cold Weather - fatigue - Nasty Cloaths - nasty Cookery - Vomit half my time - smoak’d out of my senses - the Devil’s in’t - I can’t Endure it - Why are we sent here to starve and Freeze…” Valley Forge, the hell of the American Revolution. The American Revolution was a war between what is now known as the United States, and Great Britain, in which the United States were fighting for their freedom. The reason for British inclusion was that they needed the colonies (the United States) for resources and for taxes. Three years into the American Revolution and it’s Winter, 1777. General Washington needed somewhere secure to relocate his army for the Winter. Enter Valley Forge, a military camp in Pennsylvania. If I had a choice of either staying in Valley Forge for the Winter or returning home, I would not have stayed in Valley Forge for the following reasons; sickness and death were rife, the living conditions were horrendous, and the continental army was running out of supplies. The soldiers
In about 120 seconds of fighting there were between eight to ten thousand rounds of ammunition expelled, about twenty-two enemy KIA, twenty to twenty-five holes in an OH-6, and no holes in Lt. Hugh Mills Jr. or his crew chief Parker (Coonts, 1996). Hugh Mills Jr. was a twenty-one year old lieutenant when he started his first of two tours in Vietnam as an aero scout pilot with The Big Red One. He was inducted in the Army Aviation Hall of Fame in 2011 as one of the most decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilots during his two tours. In those two years, he flew over 3,300 combat hours while developing new tactics for U.S. Army aero scout pilots. According to his AAAA Award he was “shot down 16 times and wounded three times, earning numerous decorations for valor, including three Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, four Distinguished Flying Crosses and three Bronze Stars, one in valor for ground combat.” During his Vietnam tours, Lt.
There are many people in the world that are influential. These people stand up for what is right,stand up for what they believe in or, go through world war 2 and being scared as a child . A person like this could write her own diary and become famous for it, Anne Frank. Anne Frank is influential because of her character, her as a hero and, her accomplishments.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known as rap performer Eminem, was born on October 17, 1972, in Kansas City, Missouri (Lane). From the very first days of his life, Marshall suffered many hardships. When Eminem was only six months old, Marshall Mathers Jr., Eminem’s dad left his family to move to California and contact between them ended. Eminem and his mom Debbie Nelson moved frequently and often lived in poor, crime- ridden neighborhoods (Lane). Eminem was born in Kansas City moved to live in detroit where he experienced a lot of violence and bullying. When he was in the fourth grade, he was often tormented by a sixth-grade bully named D’Angelo Bailey. Bailey made his life miserable through constant bullying and beatings. Bailey’s most severe beating, which landed Eminem in the hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage, was immortalized on the track “Brain Damage” from The Slim Shady LP (Lane). When Eminem was nine his Uncle Ronnie gave him a gift that would change his life. The gift was a soundtrack to a breakdancing-exploitation movie called Breaking’ It (Lane). It contained the track “Reckless by Ice T, the first rap song Eminem ever heard (Lane). From there, Eminem started liking rap and became more and more fascinated over the years. Although as Eminem was trying to get into rapping, he faced a lot of discrimination against him for being white but his talent and support from his friends helped him go through it. At the age of seventeen, Eminem dropped out of school with his interest of school completely overshadowed by his love of rap and he moved in with his girlfriend, Kimberly Scott. When Eminem was twenty he received a devastating news his Uncle Ronnie had committed suicide while suffering from depression. Eminem was devas...
Macklemore is a rapper who is independent of a label, and gained fame in leaps and bounds when he reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with his debut single “Thrift Shop” and consequently “Can’t Hold Us,” not only being the first artist to reach the number one spot without a label since 1994, but also becoming the first artist to have their first two singles top the charts. Macklemore uses his unique position as a well renowned rapper to produce thought provoking lyrics that will be listened to by millions, without the common themes of hip hop music. Rap is commonly thought of as mindless lyrics and beats about women, drugs, and violence; however, Macklemore revolutionized this trend with the release of his debut album The Heist. But even before that he was releasing music that did not fit the cookie cutter formula of hip hop, most notable was the release of “Otherside.” Macklemore, through
To understand why Elvis was so influential, you must first fully understand the time period which surrounded the man himself. Elvis was immersed in the previous generation's culture. Beautiful music and jazz were the standard at the time. The sharp contrast of Elvis’s music is the reason why he was globally praised. While Elvis himself never took credit for rock and roll, he certainly defined what its signature sound truly was amongst his fellow rock revolutionaries with his rockabilly sound (“Who Really Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll,” 2004). Although Elvis is often remembered for his funny voice and a tall hairdo, there
Eminem had a miserable childhood which he learned to thrive in and succeed to what he has become now. Marshall was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on October 17, 1972. He was the child of Bruce Mathers, Jr. and Deborah Nelson. Soon after Marshall’s birth his father left to California. His mother struggled to maintain a household, for which the result was frequent movement from Michigan and Missouri. The family then settled in Warren, Michigan in an African American middle-class neighborhood. The family was the only Caucasian tenants through the region. Marshall was a tall, scrawny, and white male that stood out amongst his peers, of African Americans, and was constantly bullied for his color. In addition his mother was an abusive drug addict who took prescription pills. Eminem then inclined to the interest of hip-hop listening to his first rap song at nine—"Reckless" featuring Ice-T. Later in his life he suffered family loss, like his Uncle Ronnie who committed suicide. Mathers became mute and antisocial for weeks. In high school he dropped out for repeating ninth-grade for his third time, for poor grades, and pursued lyrical writing. Marshall then joined rap groups and freestyles gaining success in the predominantly black industry. He then adapted to the name “M&M” as his rapper name, which later evolved to “Eminem”. Eminem’s adversities affected many of his works throughout his life and career. After his album Infiniti, Eminem was signed into Aftermath Records by Dr. Dre and started to produce albums of masterpiece.