Rap And Hip-hop As Autoethnographies

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Hip-hop began as a form of African-American street culture in New York City during the 1970s (Watkins, 2001), but the art has expanded to become a multi-billion dollar industry (Atkinson & Halliday, 2003), mostly due to the success of rap music, the most widely publicized and marketed aspect. Media such as television and magazines are responsible for hip-hop’s global recognition today, allowing everyone from the United States to Germany and Korea to embrace the culture (Bennett, 1999). Hip-hop culture has made an enormous transition from its beginning stages to its current state. Early hip-hop

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Hip-hop culture developed during the seventies. Throughout its formation, the various elements were at some time or another, deemed unacceptable. Graffiti artists faced jail sentences, break dancing became illegal in some areas, and rap music has been severely criticized for various reasons. These elements were never analyzed in an oppositional manner until recently, however. Hip-hop culture represented the claiming of urban communities by the residents. Writers decorated the empty walls of their communities in an attempt to personalize their surroundings. They also painted trains, which tra

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“Today's rock music extols everything from rape, and homosexuality to sadomasochism and bestiality.... Other lyrics glamorize drug and alcohol use, and glorify death and violent rebellion” (Betz, 2004, p. 1). Music is and always has been a major influence on teenagers around the world. Is music today taking it a step too far? According to Smilkstein (1999), violence occurs in 57% of rap and rock videos and sexual intimacy in 75%. Of videos with violence, 81% also contained sexual references, (p. 1). Music has been around for centuries and affecting teens in all sorts of different ways.

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In today’s society, many people over the age of 20 begin to lose strength and flexibility in their core, hamstrings, glutes, and back. This can lead to many problems with the lower back especially. The back is an intricate structure consisting: 24 vertebrae, muscles, other tissues and the spinal column (Fields, 2016). It has 3 different curves that forms an “S” shape in the back. The lower back is the lumbosacral region of the back and contains the first Lumbar vertebra through the first sacral vertebrae, and is where the lordotic curve forms (Kravitz, n.d.). There are many different reasons o

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Introduction to Economic Zones “Export else perish “ these are the words of first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. India being a continent like country having 30 states, more than 1000 languages and world second largest man power having diversified natural conditions right from Rain Forests of Kerala, Ice Mountains of Himalaya, Runn of Kuch to productive land of Bramahaputra has great potentials of world class export worthy products from various industries like Agriculture, Engineering, Chemicals, Software’s, Gems and Jewellry, Pharmaceuticals, Bio technology and many more.

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Marketing Management Analysis of The Coca Cola Company® Team L4 [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Ellen van Winkel Thamar Peper Annelieke Been Rozemarijn 561548 561526 561503 Barendsen, 552505 Marketing Management Block 1-2008 Date: 25 February 2008, Amsterdam To: Dr. L. Lin Mr. van der Rest Version 1 Chapter 1

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BRIDGING THE VALLEY OF DEATH: LESSONS LEARNED FROM 14 YEARS OF COMMERCIALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ABSTRACT We argue for the increasing importance of providing graduate students skills in technology entrepreneurship and the commercialization of technology. We describe the lessons we have learned from fourteen years of developing commercialization of technology pedagogy and adapting it for use on four continents and within numerous corporations. We demonstrate that the straightforward theory-driven approach that we use to shape the curriculum improves our ability to learn from our mis

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INTRODUCTION Review of Related Literature Pneumonitis Pneumonitis is a general term that refers to inflammation of lung tissue. It occurs when some irritating substance – solid particles, liquids, gases, radiation or bacteria – cause the tiny air sacs to become inflamed. This can hamper the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air sacs. Pneumonia is one type of pneumonitis caused by an infection. There are several types of pneumonitis. They include: • Aspiration pneumonitis- occurs when you inhale (aspirate) foreign matter into your lungs. Stomach contents, suc

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Banking Sector Performance, Regulation and Bank Supervision Chapter-5 32 other hand, PCBs' deposits in 2006 amounted to Taka 955.5 billion or 51.3 percent of the total industry deposit against Taka 731.3 billion or 47.0 percent in 2005. FCBs' deposits in 2006 rose by Taka 38.2 billion or 33.9 percent over the previous year. The DFIs' deposits in 2006 were Taka 100.2 billion against Taka 89.5 billion in 2005 showing an increase of 12.0 percent over the year. Aggregated Balance Sheet 5.4 Assets: Aggregate industry assets in 2006 registered an overall increase by 17.8 percent over 2

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Introduction The company under investigation in this study is Tim Hortons, a coffee and fresh-baked goods quick-service restaurant, originating from Canada. As of January 2006, (Annual Report 2005, P.1) Tim Hortons operated 2,597, mostly franchised, stores in Canada and 288 in the US. Tim Hortons boasts a 76% market share in the Canadian coffee and fresh-baked goods sector (Shareholder’s Report 2005, P.6) and “based on sales dollars, Tim Hortons is now almost 25% larger than its closest QSR (quick-service restaurant) competitor in Canada.” (Ibid) Since 1995, Tim Hortons has been owned by th