...Eminem the Role Model April Allen Bernard Bongang Eng 215 October 24, 2012 Eminem and His Importance A person’s past does not necessarily depict his or her future. Eminem is a perfect example of a how a person reacts to his or her past can create or destroy his or her future. Eminem grew up on the streets. He lived the hood life; scraping for pennies and scraps. He constantly argued with his drunken mother. He played the roles of father, mother, and brother to his younger sister. Eminem worked at jobs for little to nothing to help provide. As his life matured he battled with his daughter’s mother. This could have broken him down; for many it would have. Instead of lying around and creating self-pity for himself he went and made something of his self. The Music Eminem’s music is pure success. His success took hard work and effort, but with his dedication it took flight. He battled other individuals who were in the rap game, and Eminem’s quick emotional lyrics dropped them where they stood. Even the most street thug rappers could not compare to what Eminem brought to the stage. He poured his personal emotions and experiences into his music. People can relate to reality. Eminem’s music was a cold, harsh reality. His music expressed his struggles from day to day, not what he saw transpire in the streets amongst other individuals. His music, his lyrics, his reality was the reality for his listeners. Even the listeners who were not experiencing hardships of Eminem’s...
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... July 8, 2013 ENG/215 Think about what would happen if there was no Eminem? Then there would be one less rapper that is in the music industry today. But more than likely what you are thinking right? Well it would not just be one less rapper. It would also be one less of a role model for anyone who cares about him. Eminem is an influence to the young life and even the adults. His songs are stories are on his life and things that he would have wanted to change or make different. Most of them are based on each and every subject that happened to him through his life. At first some of the children and growing ups in this time and some adults face some of the same problems he faced. Therefore, Eminem is an influence who expresses himself in his own different style or it is his character. His music is an influence because of its rhythmical story behind it. Let`s look at the song “Mockingbird” for example; it is a song of how Eminem’s daughter Hailie was growing up with her mom and her father was always on the news (Eminem) was always on the move. If u think about it, not everyone gets to see their father and mother every day of the week. Some of the children’s parents may work different shifts at their job and that would make it unable for the children to see them a lot or as...
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...Iconic Americans: Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1973. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Marshall would eventually become the “Eminem” we all know of today. America first really heard of Eminem in 1999 when he was becoming popular for being a white rapper. Marshall moved around in various states with his mother and eventually ended up living in Detroit when he was twelve. In high school, before dropping out in ninth grade, Marshall took up rapping. He joined a few groups: Basement Productions, D12, and the New Jacks. This is when he named himself Eminem. In 1997, he released his first solo album “Infinite.” Eminem’s new album was taken badly and he was earning a bad reputation being compared to other rappers. He got revenge on his critics when he won the “Freestyle Performer of the Year” award on the Wake Up Show, which gave him a boost with his determination to be successful. Also, in the Los Angeles’ annual Rap Olympics, Eminem finished as runner-up. In 1998, he released his album “The Slim Shady EP.” He named this album after himself because of his “dark side.” This album marked some hurtful attacks on his critics. His most popular song, “Just Don’t Give A Fuck,” got him guest appearances on MC Shabaam Sahddeq’s single, “Five Star Generals.” That song also got him onto Kid Rock’s “Devil Without a Cause” set. After this, Dr.Dre took in Eminem into his music and Records Company and acted as his co-producer. Dr. Dre was featured in...
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...Critical Argument Analysis Essay “Why Eminem Is Important” Eng 215 Think about what would happen if there was no Eminem? One less rapper is more than likely what you are thinking right? Well it is not just one less rapper. It would also be one less role model for those who really care about him. Eminem is an influence to the young life and even the adults. His songs are stories based on his life and things that he would have wanted to change or make different. Most of them are based on subjects that actually happened to him first hand. Some of the children growing up in this time and some adults face some of the same problems he faced. Therefore, Eminem is an influence who expresses his self in his own different style or character. His music is an influence because of its rhythmical story behind it. Take the song “Mockingbird” for example; it is a song of how Eminem’s daughter Hailie was growing up with her mom always on the news and her dad (Eminem) was always on the move. If you think about it, not everyone gets to see their parents’ everyday of the week. Some of the children’s parents may work different shifts at their job which makes it unable for the children to see them a lot or as much as they want and this was being expressed during the song “Mockingbird”. Hailie barely got the chance to see her dad or her mom and stayed with her “Crazy Uncle Laney”. It is true that some of his music can be somewhat violent and explicit...
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...Being able to monitor what your children watch and listen to are easier than ever. There are parental locks on cable and satellite networks and censored music that can be purchased, but teens getting their hands on what they want and hiding it, has also gotten easier than ever. This is why parents need to be the number one role model in the lives of teenagers and young adults. Listening to music and watching TV may be a huge impact on how we behave in our everyday life, but how we want people to perceive us will eventually take hold, and control our actions. If a parent allows a child to grow up thinking that Britney Spears is a good role model, they may turn out differently than a child who grows up thinking of their mother or father as a strong role model. Miley Cyrus is one of many artists out there who grew up...
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...“You’ve enemies? Good, that means you stood up for something in your life” - Eminem. Standing up for the you things you believe in is really important, or standing up for people as well. I think it’s important to stand up for what you believe in because it sort of represents you. I stand up for myself because it’s what I believe. There’s a reason of why people stand up for themselves. Those people want other people to hear their ideas of what they believe in. People sometimes do not stand up for themselves because they are afraid that other people will judge them. One example, is me I always stand up for myself. Maybe people may judge me for I believe in, but I do not care what people say. I’m not shy to say my opinion. Many people...
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...director of the “first worldwide domestic and sexual violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps” and has created a handful of educational videos regarding gender violence. The home page of the website describes Jackson Katz’s accomplishments, acknowledgements and recent honors. The website has many tabs to lead readers to further information about Katz, including his full biography, publications, seminars, and lectures and consulting. After reading Katz full biography it is easy to determine that he has a multitude of experiences to support his work in gender violence prevention. Katz helped architect the “bystander” approach, which is used in the Mentors in Violence Prevention program to train students to be positive role models in the school environment and how to respond if they witness or know about a violent or abusive situation. This approach has been taught in high schools and colleges; as well as, professional sports teams and organizations. Katz also utilizes his MVP organization to provide training to law enforcement agencies, the U.S. military services and corporations. He has written books, published articles and created videos that have been influential teaching aids for gender violence prevention. He also...
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...YouTube. Youtube is a public website and a teenager could come and listen to this song. The songs main theme is sex. The lyrics of this song include Nicki rapping about some of her old sexual partners and how she has a big butt. Nicki is praising how men talk about her body. Girls get influenced by this because Nicki is someone that girls looks up to. She is a role model and this is not the way role models should behave. In the video you see Nicki and other girls shake their butts in very revealing clothes. Nicki is completely making herself look like a sex object for men to dream about and for girls to want to be like. The rap culture doesn’t only portray women as sex-objects, it also makes domestic abuse look normal. Domestic abuse is the act of violence toward someone in a domestic setting like a family or wife. According to the NCADV, a woman is assaulted every 9 seconds. Obviously this is a problem in America and rap culture has an influence on that. It is portrayed in rap music that domestic abuse is completely normal. Let us look at the popular song by Eminem and Rihana entitled “I Love The Way You Lie”. Eminem says “I feel so ashamed, I snapped, who's that dude, I don't even know his name, I laid hands on her”. This is an extremely popular song with over 900 million views on YouTube. Listening to songs like this can make men believe it is okay to beat their girlfriend. They might view domestic abuse as a normal thing that couples go through. A study where people were...
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...such as crime, drugs, and violence, but rap can be used to talk about the inequality in the world, mistreatment of women, love, sacrifice, and brotherhood. 2Pac set the bar really high, and became a role model for other rappers to follow. Hip-hop is a genre that many people can identify with. The lyrics portray experiences and lifestyles that aren’t exclusive to people of color with similar cultural backgrounds. “Rap is a form of profound musical, cultural, and social creativity” Dyson (Pg. 69). Rap is a form of art, and the culture of hip hop can be reflected by anyone going through a life struggle. Rapper Marshall Bruce has taken the art of rap and expressed it in his lyrics through his own personal experiences and melancholy. Known as his alias’ Eminem and Slim Shady, he is a white American rapper that had a turbulent childhood. In 1999 he released his album The Slim Shady LP. Expressed through his extreme, and graphic lyrics while portraying himself through a different persona called Slim Shady, Eminem sings about his lifestyle and sometimes describing disturbing acts self harm which suggests he was abused as a child. He managed to grab the attention of millions of people especially because he’s white, and that meant that rap was not just for people of color, but for everyone. Eminem has single handedly turned rap into an artistic style of singing, and formulating lyrics that rhyme, but also tell real life stories of a white man with personal issues and struggles growing up that...
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...Ask your father what white privilege is, he will not know. He also doesn’t know that when you say the N word, you’re saying it because Eminem is your role model. But please, your father grew up around drug smoking, Jimi-loving hippies, what does he know? Because “white privilege” is something that is not made up. My mother is fed up with me saying “Stop white people 2k15”; she doesn’t realize that I mean it. I’m fed up with the colour of my skin. I am fed up with the fact that “you only listen to her because she’s white” is a sentence that is true. I am also fed up with people thinking that reverse racism is a thing. I am not trying to be your idol, I am not trying to be the next “white Beyonce.” Because some love Kylie Jenner’s surgically...
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...The Stages of Development The stages of development include the following: physiological, cognitive, moral and social, sex-role, and personality. The physical or physiological change an adolescent may experience during the development process, whether it be boy or girl, is called puberty. This is usually the time where voices begin to change, body hair begins to grow, height and weight begin to increase, and sexual curiosities and desires begin to spark interest. Cognitive development is another stage in adolescent development; it is, to put in simple terms, the way the mind forms its perspective of the world. It is the awareness of self and existence. The moral and social aspect of adolescent development is a stage where adolescents begin to form rational thoughts...
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...The idea of gender as we think of it is solely a social construct, born into existence by the pressure of tradition and the supremacy of the majority. This is true for our perceptions of "masculinity" and "femininity", and this point is driven home in "Bros Before Hoes: The Guy Code." In this essay on the assumed 'appropriate' behavior of men, Michael Kimmel points out the stereotypes men are taught to believe make them more manly. According to his interviews with various men from all over the country, the male social facade was put upon them by fathers, grandfathers, coaches, older brothers and other significant male role models to young boys. This essay showcases the power of role models and the influence of society. It...
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...Armstrong’s, “It’s A Wonderful World” to Twisted Sister’s, “We’re Not Gonna Take It”? When I was growing up in the 1970’s my parents did not approve of music in our home with bad messages, morals and attitudes. Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” was considered demonic and was definitely not played in our home. When I had my own children I understood my parents point of view. I also found myself banning certain music from our atmosphere at home as well. I noticed how much more disrespectful it had gotten from the 1970’s to the 1990’s and 2000’s. Eminem and Dr, Dre for example are not role models I wanted my children idolizing at all. The role models children follow in music and television have a large impact. I was allowed to watch television after homework, chores and playing outside. My parents were also careful when it came to what me and my siblings were allowed to watch on television. My parents took an active role in our viewing habits and when a program showed authority figures in a less than positive light, then...
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...hip-hop and rap artists. Due to much of the publicity, some of these artists are put on such a high pedestal that they go to extremes by acting out their music and wind up being horrible role models, ruining the names they made for themselves. On the other hand, some artists in hip-hop culture see a political trend form and decide to incite it with heart-grasping lyrics that pertain to the governmental issues. From the 1970s to current times, there is a pattern emerging that Americans are willing to listen to politically subjected songs that hip-hop artists have written as signs of political trends. America’s changes through hip-hop culture have had some influences on the government and public as a whole through significantly realistic lyrics, violence, and trend-setters. Since 1979, when Sugarhill Gang came out with “Rapper’s Delight”, hip-hop music has been “all the rage” for about three decades (Blanchard 1). Hip-hop came from the different genres of jazz, gospel, reggae, and soul, all collaborated into the music styles of the African-American culture (Blanchard 2). Hip-hop culture became so popular from the incredible and unorthodox music, producers and hip-hop artists collaborate, creating catchy beats behind the vocals. In modern-day hip-hop, audiences hear artists like Eminem and Ludacris, listening to their lyrics and the stories that intertwine...
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...It simply makes no sense to punish one for the crimes of the other. By the age of 14 a child should know right from wrong and should be responsible for their action. Body 1: Children choose if they want to obey their parents. A: A parent can do everything right such as give the child plenty of attention, set strict guidelines and the children might just end up rebelling and turning to a life of crime. B: There is no one formula for raising one's children which will guarantee that the child will grow up to be a good person. Body 2: The child’s environment can have a big effect on their behavior. A: Other family members, teachers, friends, neighbors play a large role in the formation of ideas and thoughts in children minds. B: Celebrities like Lil Wayne and 50 cent also play a big role because this is the music children listen to. Body 3 / Counter Argument: Children are less likely to engage in acts of delinquency if they feel that their parents are likely to be held legally responsible for their actions. A: Children prone to engage in acts of serious juvenile delinquency are rarely interested in the feelings of or effects on parents. B: If a child is involved in crimes then I don’t think that they care about their parents feelings Conclusion: Putting the parents of bad behaved children in prison isn't going to help anyone. Even the self-righteous taxpayer wanting such a policy in place, will eventually end up paying more taxes as a result of the...
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