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Our Artist and The Song

Kaner Flex- Young (18)- Muscular - Black- Tall Dear Lana – produced by Ethan Barrett (https://

soundcloud.com/ethanbarrett/kaner)

- Hip-hop/Rap, 490 plays, 26 likes- Intellectual lyrics: about drugs, corruption in the system, guns,

money and young people

Black Eyed Peas

Band- 3 boys 1 girl - Falls into the pop genre of music - Songs about love, music and life Song: Where is the love- About corruption in the world (gangs, government)- Mentions racism and people dying because of weaponry

(also children)

ASAP Rocky

Artist - Young, stylish- Black - Raps about drugs, girls, sex and money Song: Canal Street - About drugs and people selling them- Mentions hustling, guns and being black

Tupac

Artist- He usually raps about corruption in the city and racism

towards black people - An inspiration and role model to many people Song: Changes- About racism and how people need to change their views on

black people and talks about selling drugs in the streets- Accepts that some things will never change

Notorious B.I.G

Artist- Inspiration to young adults - Black - Raps about drugs, life, the past, money and girls Song: Juicy- About his past and how much he’s done ever since he started - Mentions drugs, money and stereotypes of black males

Travis McCoy

Artist- Mixed race rapper - Raps about money, girls and life Song: Billionaire - About money and how much he can do if he was a

billionaire - Bruno Mars sings about how he “can buy everything he

never had” and sees his “name in shiny lights”

B.O.B

Artist- Black rapper - Sings about life, girls and fantasies Song: Airplanes- About wishing to get out of a bad time in life - Gets deep about life, getting more problems after solving

another, flashback to life before he had as much money and corruption of governments and wants to get back to real music