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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"rapper"”.
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Männlichkeits- und Weiblichkeitskonstruktionen deutschsprachiger Rapper/-innen
… des Jahres 2011 in Erscheinung getretene Gangsta-Rapperin Schwesta Ewa könnte gerade aufgrund ihres biologischen Geschlechts die Chance nutzen, Männlichkeitskonzeptionen und Vorstellungen von Weiblichkeit im Gangsta-Rap infrage zu stellen. Doch welche Konstruktionen von Männlichkeit und …
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"Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style":Diasporic Dialogue and Hybridized Identity in the Music of Michie Mee
… for several reasons. She is a successful female rapper in a male-dominated performance sphere. Furthermore, she was the first Canadian rapper to gain support from established New York hip-hop acts such as Boogie Down Productions. Michie Mee was also the first Canadian rapper signed to an American …
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Rhythm, rhyme, and rhetoric in "12 years a day Django".
… a contemporary written rap battle performance by rapper Daylyt. Three major arguments are advanced. First, written rap battling is a genre worthy of greater scholarly scrutiny. Second, a rapper's style of flow can be racialized, meaning listeners "hear" race when the style is performed. Third, …
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Uma jornada na lua: depressão e suicídio no rap através de Kid Cudi
… pelo nome artístico Kid Cudi. Kid Cudi é um rapper que se tornou a grande referência no rap quando o assunto é saúde mental. Desde a sua aparição na cena, Cudi fala sobre suicídio, depressão, ansiedade e vício em drogas, temas que eram iam contra a virilidade constante presente no meio do …
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A Streetcar Named Kanye West
… secret ruler of the Republican Party? Is a white rapper named Lil Xan the real and true anti-Christ? Hey, who the heck cares? </p>
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Beyond gangsta: hip-hop, web culture and racial masking in the musical work of Tyler, The Creator
… (Tyler Gregory Okonma), is an African American rapper, music producer and entrepreneur who has been vigorously challenging tropes of black American masculinity. From chattel slavery to blackface minstrelsy, the African diasporic experience in the West is marked by a series of stigmas, …
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Doze horas restantes: neotragédia grega e autoficção no hip hop de Atheatos
… is a former Greek basketball player and rapper who, in 2016, released the album Twelve Hours Left. The album, characterized as a concept album, as it uses recurring linguistic and musical elements that give it unity as a whole, focuses on the story of its protagonist, a man named Giannis, …
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Race, the Internet, and the Hurricane: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Black Identity Online During the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
… inaction as captured by the remarks of rapper Kanye West. This dissertation analyzes content on Black websites following Hurricane Katrina's landfall, utilizing W.E.B. DuBois' observations of Black identity as a cultural lens. This research uncovered a wide range of political and …
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Hip life music: re-defining Ghanaian culture (1990-2012)
… from pre-through post-inception, as driven by rapper and dancer Reggie Rockstone. The histories of European colonization in Ghana, and its shaping. By highlife and American hip hop (via globalization) into hip life music are explored through an insider's lens. This is evidenced by the …
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Je vis, donc je vois, donc je dis: Banlieue Violence in French Rap
… analyses of French rap lyrics to determine the rappers' perception of Banlieue violence. Using the song lyrics, this work examines the conditions and causes of that violence as seen by the Banlieusard, and answers the critics' accusations that French rap is a call to violence.
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RAP IN EXILE: SYRIAN DIASPORA, HYBRIDITY AND DIGITAL CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN GERMANY
… selected sample of male and female Syrian rappers, close textual and visual analyses of lyrics and accompanying aesthetics, and digital ethnography of platformed activity on YouTube, Instagram and related social media. Methodological consistency is ensured through sustained attention to …