Essays on Musicians

Introduction Ray Charles was a multi music icon of the twentieth century. Although he was a very successful musician, he endured many hardships as a young kid. He lost many family members at a young age and went completely blind by the age of seven....

I believe that that in United States when an individual is doing too good at a young age and on top of that is African American, this can be a problem for the system the government built in this country. For this reason, I found...

 Throughout the past 400 years white supremacy has taken over America. There have been many songs, movements, and advertisements that have attempted to make a change. One example would be Tupac Shakur’s song “Changes”. Tupac Shakur was an African American rapper that was assassinated in...

“The Rose that Grew from Concrete”, is a short poem written by Tupac Shakur and addresses aspects of life. The poem begins the poem questioning whether we heard about a rose that grows from crack in the concrete in which very seldomly happens and if...

Hip-Hop was founded in the 1970’s by DJ Kool Herc. Hip-Hop is the heart and soul of poetry because the beat and sound power over the written classical poems. Also, the lyrics of the Hip-Hop evoke emotion through its meanings and purpose. Hello, teachers and...

Pop Music is a distinguished genre of music that uses elements from other styles such as dance, urban, Latin, rock and country. Originally derived from Rock and Roll in the Western world around 1950’s, it is the largest genre of consumed music today and is...

Imagine for a minute. The sheer torment of withering slowly away, fear of food consuming you, you starve yourself, slipping slowly into insanity. You are only shrill skin and bone, the remanets of the past fulfilling life. This is the unfortunate reality of up to...

The contemporary artist who’s social media I will be looking at in this essay is Beyonce. Beyonce is a very famous american singer and songwriter. I will be focusing on her instagram account. From a short time spent scrolling though Beyonce’s Instagram page, there we...

Over the last one-hundred years, American culture seems to have overall, become less racist and prejudiced. As a whole, U.S. society has not yet reached a period of total racial reformation in which trial and reason are always applied to the happenings of everyday life....

Bob Marley, his original name being Robert Nesta Markey, was a Jamaican born songwriter and singer. He was born in 1945 on 6th February, and he is regarded as one of the pioneers in the reggae industry. His career as a musician was marked by...

“If you know your history, Then you would know where you’re coming from, Then you wouldn’t have to ask me, Who the heck do I think I am?”(Bob Marley) In other words, if people understand their narrative, then they’ll know their lineage, so others need...

Reggae is a Jamaican music genre that came about in the late 1960s. Reggae music at the time was influenced by jazz, rhythm and blues, and mento a rural form of dance music. It is derived from Ska which uses a distinctive bass and drum...

An ode can be defined as a ‘ceremonious lyric poem on an occasion of dignity in which personal emotion and universal themes are united’ (Ode, 2012). Although hip-hop music is usually known for it’s violent, and often, masculine lyrics, ‘Dear Mama’ the first single from...

Have you ever heard of Selena Quintanilla’s music? It is the best music in the world that you could ever listen to. I chose Selena for my essay because I love her music and she was inspiring. Selena learned to sing at a young age...

One of the arts that transcends culture is the art of music. Louis Armstrong was an individual who took the art of music, specifically jazz, and transformed it. Louis Armstrong was born in August of 1901, to Maryann and Willie Armstrong. When Louis Armstrong was...

In the book​ To Kill a Mockingbird​ by Harper Lee, a black man named Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white woman named Mayella Ewell. He was put on trial with probably the best lawyer he could have, Atticus Finch. He provided more that...

There has never been a period in the history of humanity without victimization of some category of people. Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of different types of victimization. There are two characters, each of which is not welcome by society...

The Beatles’ were no doubt the most influential British band in the 1960’s, with their music bringing and becoming a revolution to the face of rock and roll. Their use of drugs through their music changed the way and the direction of the Beatles’ as...

Like some form of fervent super glue, The Beatles’ sound is forever stuck to the image of 60s music. After the end of the 50s rhythm and blues era, the middle ages of music lied awaiting a sound to revive the industry, and so The...