http://www.zorpia.com/BRINGI Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:17 EST Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:17 EST Zorpia.com http://www.zorpia.com/BRINGI/journal/1650907 <p>WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT RAP?</p> <p><br />Rap culture has changed a great deal from its traditional form in the 80’s.&nbsp; Popular belief does not really notice and therefore acknowledge this change for the better in rap culture.&nbsp; Rap artists today are more than rappers and performers.&nbsp; Now, they, male and female, are motivational speakers, owners of million dollar businesses, stars in movies, and also members of major league sports teams.&nbsp; This demonstrates how a rap culture can be successful instead of being destructive.</p> <p><br />There are many artists that have managed to be businessmen as well.&nbsp; As entrepreneurs, they uphold degrees in business and are the head of these businesses.&nbsp; This is a new endeavor that rap culture has inquired.&nbsp; Although popular belief would like to believe that these self-managed businesses are along illegal lines, they are not.&nbsp; People in popular belief are more apt to support this stereotype because of the massive amount of money that these artists are making.&nbsp; One person for instance, rapper “LL Cool J”, is now the owner of a very popular clothing line.&nbsp; The name of this million-dollar industry is called, FUBU, which means For Us By Us.&nbsp; Due to the success that he has had over the years, some in popular belief won’t credit him fully.&nbsp; There are more artists/businessmen like him: Master P, the owner of No Limit Records, No Limit clothing line, Sean Puffy Combs who is the owner of Bad Boy Records and Sean John clothing line.&nbsp; There is also Mannie Fresh and Sugar Slim who are owners of Cash Money Records.&nbsp; Other notable entrepreneurs that rap has had a positive effect on are Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Too Short. </p> <p><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; It has become very popular today for rap artists to appear in movies.&nbsp; This has proved to many in popular culture that these artists are multi-talented and can contribute to the acting field as well.&nbsp; Will Smith, for example, started out as young rapper Fresh Prince.&nbsp; He then went on to be the star of sitcom, Fresh Prince of Bell-air. Prosperity and success came soon after when his music made number one on the box charts and he starred in a number of action movies.&nbsp; Such movies include Independence Day, Enemy of the State, Bad Boys, Men in Black, and Wild Wild West. <br />Now days you can even find rap artists on the court in the NBA.&nbsp; Although not many, this is a new and growing trend for athletes and artists. Basketball stars such as Chris Webber, Shaquille O’Neil, and Kobe Bryant find time in their busy schedules to record lyrics and produce records. They all have managed to produce a single, appear in music videos and even have videos of their own.&nbsp; This fact also proves rap artists are successful in other areas and, contrary to popular belief, are an asset to the movie, sports, and entrepreneurial industries. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Music http://www.zorpia.com/BRINGI/journal/1650907 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:29 EST