Jay-Z. His first major breakthrough came from producing Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint”— which is certified 2x platinum. Kanye believed he could be a successful rapper as well, but music executives didn't believe he had it in him. That all changed when Roc-A-Fella records signed Kanye to their label, and gave him a chance to shine as a rapper. Kanye’s background, critical analysis, and importance all shows that he has become one of the most important characters in American hip-hop culture to this day. Kanye Omari
Who was a great well known activist in the past ? Militant is the best way to describe Malcolm as a person: Civil rights activist and Islamic preacher, he was often called the prince of Islam. As a comparison in the present world today Jay-z earned his way to go under as activist. Jay-z donated to a number of foundations that needed help from, and also countries around the world too. The common thread between the two are, the both went through tribulations to help their country in a lot ways.
Kanye West Kanye Omari West is an american rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneur. Kanye had a successful career so far he had a great early life and mid life throughout his music career. West was born on june 8, 1977, Atlanta Georgia, he grew up in the South Shore of Chicago. His parents got divorced when he was three years old, his mother raised him in Chicago and the summers he spent it with his father. He first started to write poetry when he was five
"Ok, so in reality the video for “Welcome to Heartbreak” it’s nothing really more than four minutes of computerized Kanye – something that I could probably do on my Macbook." (Young, 2009) Fig 1 -Screen capture, Kanye wests Welcome to Heartbreak. With people missing the artistic vision of Kanye and the director in most cases there are however signs that the move is respected and recognized as pushing the boundaries of the industry and the way things are perceived by the audience. An uncredited
“Celebrity” St James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 16 April, 2014 Schmid, Randolph E. "What Makes a Hit? it's all in the Fans." The Globe and Mail Feb 11 2006: 0. ProQuest. 16 Apr. 2014 . West, Kanye. “Dark Fantasy”. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Roc-A-Fella, 2010
“I 'm living in that 21st Century doin ' something mean to it, do it better then anybody you ever seen do it, screams from the haters got a nice ring to it, I guess every superhero need his theme music.” Many people believe modern day Hip-Hop contains nothing but blasphemy, profanity and references to narcotics, despite these contrary beliefs Hip-Hop is still an outlet for rappers/artists to express their thoughts and opinion through lyrical composition. Artist work night and day to compose what
product expansion, diversification, and acquisition. This report aims to explore some of the most effective and least effective methods of company growth, concluding with which strategies would be most beneficial to implemented within Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella records and which ones were shown to be most effective and why. Ending with
created a combined company called Roc Nation Which is A entertainment company which is a whole bunch of hip hop branches home to a record label, talent agency, touring and concert production company, music, film, and television production company is home to a roster of some of the most popular people in the recording industry such as J. Cole, Rihanna, Vic Mensa, Demi Lovato, DJ Khaled and The Lox. and so much more people also has In addition to Jay Z himself, Roc Nation manages Shakira, Kanye West
Becoming one of the wealthiest rappers and entrepreneur is something that Shawn Carter envisioned growing up. Although he grew up in a poor neighborhood and household, his surroundings didn’t deter him from reaching success. He lived the street life, but the street life did not consume him. Shawn is now one of the most successful people in the 21st century. Shawn grew up in the projects of Brooklyn and was raised by as single mother. Shawn is someone who took his early childhood struggles and turned
Overview Kanye West is one of the most influential and controversial hip hop artists of the last few decades. To start, Kanye has won 24 games in total over the past few years. He made his name through an American hip-hop recording label called Roc-A-Fella Records. Where Jay-z also started. His first single was called through the wire. It was named this because he got into a car crash and they had to sew his jaw shut. The song later got streamed on MTV, which gave him a big jump start. And now has around
Rubin, Def Jam Records is now one of hip hop’s most influential record labels. Famous for dragging a once underground genre into the mainstream.Def Jam Record’s first release under the label was Jazzy Jay and T La Rock's "It's Yours." This was the initial fuel that launched the label to fame in 1984. Singles produced by Def Jam such as ‘I Need a Beat’ by LL Cool J in 1985 closely followed by ‘Rock Hard’ by the Beastie boys allowed Def Jam to gain a distribution deal with CBS records which boosted
despite the fact that he had a stage name, Jay Z remained generally unknown until he and two companions, Damon Dash and Kareem Burke, established their own particular record name, Roc-a-Fella Records, in 1996 (Rubin, 2015). In 1989, he joined the rapper Jaz-O—a more seasoned entertainer who served sort of like a mentor that guided to record a song called "The Originators," which won the pair an appearance on a scene of Yo! MTV Raps. It was right when Shawn Carter grasped the nickname Jay Z, which was
different artist, Kanye realized that he didn’t want to be the person in the background, He wanted to be the main act. Kanye didn’t grow up struggling, therefore he wasn’t taken seriously by many record labels. Finally, after going into many different interviews, Damon Dash decided to sign Kanye to Roc-A-Fella in 2002. In that same year, Kanye was driving back home from a recording session and was involved in a car collision leaving him with a shattered jaw. Through his recovery, Kanye wrote and recorded
choice was the right one. West immediately tasted success, producing for a multitude of A-list musicians including Jay-Z, Ludacris and Beyonce. At the same time, Mr. West had no trouble getting signed and began working on his debut album with Roc-a-fella Records. Kanye’s debut album released in 2004 and after selling 2.4 million copies won a Best Rap Album Grammy. But of course, that was no surprise to Kanye. In total, West has produced 8 albums and has won a total of 124 awards throughout his career
Zachary Hinck 4/24/14 WTRG 1150 The Freemasons Conspiracy For generations and throughout the United States history one conspiracy kept plausible. The question whether or not the Illuminati is present in our world today. They are the top players in the world professional playground, which include 13 bloodlines which are extremely rich, and they are the individuals who want to control the world from behind the scenes. Besides the 13 Bloodline, there is also hundreds of other men, with a few exceptions
are all masculine characteristics. Physical size and strength has always been a way of determining masculinity. Jay-Z plays on this concept several times in “Takeover” by saying that he and his label Roc-A-Fella Records (R.O.C.) are big and strong. He raps, “R.O.C. too strong for y’all…/ Roc-A-Fella is the army, better yet the navy”. Jay-Z continues to call Nas and Prodigy small and weak with the lines, “Your peeps ain’t strong enough, fucka…/ we kill you motherfuckin ants with a sledgehammer,” and
makes diamonds valuable, and why do we revere them so much? “…diamonds have meant different things to different societies. Until the 15th century, they were seen by leaders as symbols of supreme strength. The name itself comes from the Greek word "adamas", meaning indestructible. The Greeks were a romantic sort, and for them the dancing sparkle of the diamond was the sign of the extinguishable flame of love” add (Savage, 2008). Diamonds are now easily accessible to us and all we have to do is visit
3. Rocawear is a brand of apparel created by rapper Jay Z in 1999, who had tremendous influence in the hip hop industry from as far back as twenty years ago. It was a spin off Roc-A-Fella Records, based in New York, the home of hip hop music, and designs a range of clothing, shoes, and accessories replicative of hip hop fashion, “becoming the destination for fashionable and street savvy consumers” that “continues to focus of providing clever innovations in design, fabrication and application to
He later changed it to Jay-Z to give respect to his mentor Jaz-O, as well as the subway “J/Z” that’s in Brooklyn. Jay-Z believed that Jazzy was “too glittery”. In 1996, Jay-Z and two close friends founded Roc-a-Fella Records. His first album, Reasonable Doubt, is considered as a classic in hip-hop. He won his first Grammy for Best Rap Album for Vol. 2 ...Hard Knock Life in 1998. In 2003, Jay-Z released the Black Album and announced his retirement. During his retirement
celebrity, and with an ego to match, has forced himself into the limelight of the music industry. Kanye West has made a lasting impression on all of those around him, whether it be a good one or bad. With seven full length albums, a multimillion record label company, and a successful fashion business all under his belt, it’s fair to say that Kanye has done his fair share of creating. Over the last twelve years Kanye went from a young Chicago kid just trying to get his flows off, to one of the most