Posts tagged jay Z

A little history on the war on drugs.

Today, rap music is filled with messages that tell its consumers what to buy and how much one must spend in order to be cool, hip, accepted, successful, and one of the new popular go-to words, “relevant.” When Jay-Z proclaimed the only way to look cool and get women in a club was to “pop” bottles of $200 bottles of Cristal, people followed suit.

If modern Hip-Hop were a movie set in a post-2Pacalyptic world, Drake would be the drone manufactured to rule it all.

But while some of us may think of big names such as Jay Z and Dr Dre, there is talent to be found in all corners of the world – including in South Africa.

Aside from insulting Barack Obama and demonizing Islam, bashing Hip-Hop is one of the mainstream media’s favorite pastimes.

Before founding hip hop culture and the Zulu Nation, Bambaataa was a warlord of the Black Spades, the largest street gang in the South Bronx in the 1970s

Forbes has released their hip-hop Cash Kings list, and once again, Dr. Dre tops the field.

The ways that hip hop is used to teach others is remarkable, as it’s been used to teach English, sociology, and science.

By: Adisa Banjoko and Grandmaster Maurice Ashley   I don’t play either side or the king, I play God/ Heavenly wars played out on hand …

One of the fastest growing movements in teaching science is Science Genius. It is spearheaded by Dr. Chris Emdin who works closely with Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA (heavily influenced by the 5%) to host youth rap battles about science. Its impressive to see.