Twista Essays

  • The Undeniable Influence of Kanye West

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    The Undeniable Influence of Kanye West Kanye Omari West, an icon of hip-hop, pop culture, fashion and music in general. Kanye Omari West, a person belittled against and a person subjected to a life of racism and hate. Born on June 8th, 1977, Donda West, West’s mother, always knew he was destined for greatness, but did she know her son would turn out to be the Kanye West, a man lacking the respect he deserves for transforming a big part of the music we listen to on this very day? West came onto the

  • Pitbull

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    Armando Christian Perez, otherwise known as Pitbull, was born in Miami, Florida on January 14, 1981. At a young age his parents divorced and he was raised by his mother until she found out about his drug dealing business. Once his secret was revealed his mother placed him in the foster system and he then grew up with a family in Roswell, Georgia. He went to school at Coral Park High School, where he graduated and made the tough decision to not continue on to college. Pitbull persued his rapping dreams

  • Analysis Of J. Cole's 'Love Yourz'

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    Rap music has given me personally something to look up to. Not a role model but hope of continuing my dreams because rappers successfully made it. “For what’s money without happiness, or hard times without the people you love” is from a song called “Love Yourz” by J. Cole. He clearly understands how there is “beauty in the struggle and ugliness in the success” because he’s lived that life. Other songs such as “2Face” or “The Autograph” were instantly relatable to me because he has been through several

  • Personal Reflection: The Need To Listen To Your Body

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    Patients are in constant conversation with their bodies–how will they feel tomorrow? Will they be able to tolerate the pain of an activity? If they are active now, what price will they pay later? They know that their body is telling them “No!”, but because Patients are often in the prime of their life when they are affected with RA/PsA, family and work duties take priority over heeding their bodies warnings, so they fight through the pain and discomfort It talks and sometimes I listen. I can be in

  • What Makes Kanye West Made Me Everything I Am?

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    “‘Everything i’m not made me everything I am’. In my humble opinion, that’s a prophetic statement. Gandhi would have said something like that.”Now take a few seconds let that sink in… what kind of bold man not only quotes his own rap lyrics in a Rolling Stone interview, but is daring enough to compare himself to Gandhi? Yes, it is Kanye West, but you do have to admit that those lyrics “‘everything i’m not made me everything I am’” sound like wisdom Gandhi May have said once. So, before you skip straight

  • Raps Controversy

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    Rap’s Controversy The most popular new music to emerge from the ‘80’s was rap music. It first developed in the mid ‘70’s in New York City, and soon in other urban areas, primarily amongst African-American teen-agers. It became very popular with the urban public that it soon began to spread throughout the United States and much of the world. It replaced rock music as the creative force in music of the ‘80’s and ‘90’s. However, as popular as it was then and it is now, the lyrics of many rap songs have

  • People Call Me Uff: Poem Analysis

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    MC Mic People Call Me Uff When I rock the party Bust a nut Feadz is breakin' out the beat Shit be hotter... Then Me Me and He are criuse on a mission Better watch out my clan gets vicious Bad ass bitch I'm rated X I'm gifted Ain't gotta sell sex Cross the beach onto the street Gotta work hard No room to cheat Crunk and grind that's my bloodline Feadz is mixin Uffie's shoutin Uffie's bangin Feadz is bangin Time to get low Do the toostie roll That's how we do Do it hot And if you understood would you