Comparing Two Rapping Legends

Decent Essays
Listening to rap music now a days is to become cool in school. However picking the right artist can be a struggle. Luckily there are only two rapping legends right now and not a whole list of them. These two rapping legends are Jay-Z and Kanye West. Though both of these rap artists are legends there can only be one. Looking into their backgrounds they both lived a different life. Kanye grew up in Chicago while Jay-Z was raised in Brooklyn. Jay-Z had however grown up with a tenacious lifestyle being that he lived in a drug-infested neighborhood called the Marcy Projects. Jay-Z started to sell cocaine and got so heavily influenced into the gun-culture. However going back to Kanye he lived an easy life until he lost his mother and his fiancée

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    To illustrate, they both grew up on the Southside of Chicago living with their grandmothers, and they both grew up completely broke living in the projects, encouraging them to sell drugs and run from the police. Overall, one of the obvious visual similarities is that they both have long dreadlocks. At the same time, both of these artists like to wear expensive brands, and designer clothes, so they dress similar. They both wear brands like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Goyard. Another one of these two rappers similarities would have to be their music style.…

    • 1041 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jay Z Research Paper

    • 810 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Before he had received any money from rapping he was a sophisticated drug dealer with help from his fellow classmates Busta Rhymes, B.I.G, and Lil’ Kim all of them were rappers also. Making music and drug money was something that kept the four of them close to each other while growing up. Before he met Damon Dash and Kareem Burke Jay Z was selling his CD’s out of the trunk of his car. In 1996 Jay Z, Damon Dash and Kareem Burke created Roc-A-Fella Records. He released his music through his own label and started to create a name for himself as Jay Z also a name for his record label at the same time.…

    • 810 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    When you think about rappers and singers in the 90s who comes to your mind first? Throughout this essay I will compare, contrast, and explain how they impact the music industry. When I think of rappers and signers in the 90s, Aaliyah and Tupac come to my mind because they are one of a kind type of people. My favorite two artists are Aaliyah because she has a unique voice and Tupac (2Pac) because his music was about his experiences in life.…

    • 494 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Shawn Carter's Decoded

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Just like poetry, rap has a way of challenging you to think about the words in front of you in different ways. Jay-Z states that people do not know how to listen to the entirety of the music, only choosing to pay attention to the beat. Similarly, rap can be deceptive. Jay-Z explained that listeners tend to take a literal interpretation and make fast opinions, and in order to fully appreciate the work just like any poetry piece you must listen to the song (even the trivial ones) and figure out what is really being said (Carter 78…

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rappers today are seen as the best there ever was. Every time a popular rapper comes out with a new album, everyone seems to love it. It seems that most people don’t even care what's on the album, they just like it because it’s from a popular rap artist. It feels like all those popular rappers rap about the same thing. I know, everyone who doesn’t like popular rappers says that all the time.…

    • 1185 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Meek Mill Research Paper

    • 724 Words
    • 3 Pages

    My top three rappers of all time are Meek Mill, Young Pappy and Kodak Black and they are probably everybody else's too. But the best songs by Meek Mill are “Dreams & Nightmares”, “Trillest” and “War time”. These songs are the best because he killin the mic. Next it’s Kodak Black…

    • 724 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Kanye West Research Paper

    • 1846 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Omari Kanye Omari West is one of the greatest rappers ever. To many, Kanye West is just a performer who is a self-centered, egotistic jerk. Just because he is egotistical, does not mean you should not give his music a chance. After reading this, I hope the reader goes out of their way and listen to his music, and give West a chance. When it comes down to it, he is a rap god, a fashion pioneer, and an incredibly brilliant human being.…

    • 1846 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hip Hop Rap Vs Rap

    • 1643 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Rap and hip hop, although both genres originate from the same city and time, are very different due to their style and theme. These two genres have strikingly similar origins. Hip hop and rap both originated in the Bronx’s. They also surfaced around the same time, with Rap forming in the early 1979…

    • 1643 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Kanye West Research Paper

    • 599 Words
    • 3 Pages

    So let’s start with the history of rap music because I feel like not enough people understand it and believe that Kanye is ruining it. Rapping or emceeing is one of the four main components of hip hop with the other three being breakdancing, DJing and graffiti writing. The birth of hip hop can be traced to 1970s New York where block parties were becoming more and more popular. DJs would play beats by using turntables to extend breaks.…

    • 599 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    It's called paying homage it was obviously intentional if this is plagiarism then every person who did the same thing to biggies "let's ride" should be called copy cats too. The list is pretty long with Eminem, Pusha-T, Dead Prez, Tyga, and Chris Brown. That is just off the head. I'm not saying he didn't take it but don't make it out be something he needed to do to kill a verse rather than something he probably saw more as a tribute.…

    • 82 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Throughout hip-hop history there have been hundreds of thousands of artists that have touched the microphone and tried to establish their name in the genre. Every year, a couple dozen go viral, a handful make it big, but there are only one if any that become household names and forge a legacy that won’t ever be forgotten. Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Ice Cube are only a few of those cherished names, and among those legendary artists are Kanye West and Eminem. They are two of the most known artists of the 21st century and have long careers that have been rivaled by few. They have plenty of similarities and differences in their childhood and adolescence, their pre-fame reputation and discovery, and first hit singles.…

    • 1115 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Compare and contrast There are a lot of similarities and differences between the different styles of music. The two styles of music that I am going to compare and contrast are rap and country. They are both very popular and common in todays society. They started off as cultural and traditional music, but has evolved into a new genre. Rap and country come from different eras.…

    • 878 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    – J.cole, Kendrick Lamar, Nas – living up to Tupac’s legacy. His music contagiously provoked – Rappers reflect on his rippling effect. One who we will always remember – he marked a turning point in…

    • 550 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Golden age of rap and hip-hop is a name that was bestowed unto mainstream music, between the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s. This time period was shaped by popular figures such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, NWA (Niggas with Attitude), Rakim, Slick Rick and MC Hammer. This era revolutionized “gangsta rap”, changing it from sub-conscience music to pro-violence music; however political issues and criticism of the African-American community was still prevalent in their music. Between the 1980’s and 1990’s, the most influential rappers were Tupac Shakur and Christopher George Latore Wallace (Biggie Smalls), due to their leadership role on the streets and outstanding rapping skills, they earned respect from the rap/urban community. Although…

    • 1306 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Gangsta Rap Essay

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages

    As time went on rap as a genre began to meld together, where both gangsta rap and playa rap became one. Today if you listen to rap you will notice that rappers have been able to combine both the violent lyrics of gangsta rappers as well as the flashy lifestyle of a playa rapper. Though there is one rapper in particular who has gained popularity for his lyrics about his love of women and…

    • 828 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays