bikes for other kids, and after some time he started to work with cars. His first customization work was a Mazda pickup truck which was his, also at the age of 15. West Coast Customs also got more famous by a television program that was showing on MTV, called Pimp My Ride. All the cars from the show were modified at WCC. Celebrities such as Paris Hilton, singer Will.i.am , UFC fighter Anderson ”Spider” Silva, movie star Sylvester Stallone and NBA star Shaquille O’Neil have got a fully customized
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GENERATIONAL COHORTS The G.I. GENERATION • Born between 1901 & 1924 • Lived through the Great Depression during their youth • Fought WW II (1941-‐1945) as young adults • Winning WW II defined the generation and gave them their name (for Government Issue) • Peer personality: confidence, conformity & problem solving through teamwork The SILENT GENERATION • Born between 1925 & 1942 • Came of age during the ’50’s, and fought the
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culture and reflected societal values. I ranked this as #11 because the hedonistic lifestyle was a major cause for much other societal changes. For example, the wealth provided through yuppies allowed for the purchase of personal computers, the growth of MTV, and drug use. AIDS 12 AIDS first received official recognition in 1981, when the Center for Disease
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Zina Mekhaiel English 100 February 15th, 2014 Wide Awake by Katy Perry Many artists use in their songs literary devices to give a certain mood or setting. In Katy Perry’s song Wide Awake, she verbalizes and portrays these devices to express her song in a personal and emotional way knowing that many people face these situations everyday in life. Katy Perry describes her Wide Awake song as a "dose of reality" and she admits that the song deals with much more negative emotions than many of her previous
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At the Top of Pop “The king of pop, rock, and soul” - Elizabeth Taylor (Greenburg). With regards to this, this is Elizabeth Taylor, an extremely successful actor in the 1950’s, on Michael Jackson, a pop megastar whose most successful time happened during the 1980’s (“Elizabeth Taylor”). He is one of the top selling artists of all time and has won numerous awards throughout his career. The way Michael Jackson influenced others with his music and dancing is the reason he is a revolutionary. Michael
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The Beatles: Rock Band is a 2009 music video game developed by Harmonix, published by MTV Games, and distributed by Electronic Arts. It is the third major console release in the Rock Band music video game series, in which players can simulate the playing of rock music by using controllers shaped like musical instruments. The Beatles: Rock Band is the first band-centric game in the series, and it is centered on the popular English rock group the Beatles. The game features virtual portrayals of the
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Tragic Hero Kurt Cobain A tragic hero is a person who is an inspiration or a hero, but they too have their flaws. Kurt Cobain was a tragic hero because his music spoke to those who were going through a tough time. However, his drug use was his mistake and his depression was his flaw. In the end, he made an impact on society when he was alive and after his death. Kurt Cobain’s life was his art and music, he put his pain into his lyrics, his drug use and death caused his downfall, and the impact his
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EvoThe evolution of social media into a robust mechanism for social transformation is already visible. Despite many adamant critics who insist that tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are little more than faddish distractions useful only to exchange trivial information, these critics are being proven wrong time and again. Simon Mainwaring (2011). For several decades music could only be heard by either buying a single or an album from the local record shop, listening to the radio or going
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This article is about the cultural movement. For the music genre, see Hip hop music. For other uses, see Hip hop (disambiguation). Graffiti of "hip hop" in Eugene, Oregon Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic subculture that originated in African-American and Hispanic-American communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx.[1][2][3] DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, B-boying and graffiti writing.[4][5][6][7] [8]
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How the group met and got started Today I am going to talk to you all about an American hip hop group from the mid 1990’s called the fugees. The fugees represent several different elements of music styles such as hip hop, soul Caribbean and reggae. The members of the group the Fugees include Rapper Wyclef Jean, singer/ rapper Lauryn hill and rapper Praas Michael. The name Fugees came from the term refugee meaning someone fleeing from a foreign country, they looked at it as since there are many
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