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Rapping (also known as emceeing,MCing,spitting (bars), or rhyming) refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” (rhythm and rhyme), and “delivery”. Rapping is distinct from spoken word poetry in that it is performed in time to a beat.
Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip hop music and reggae, but the phenomenon predates hip hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music, a genre that originated in Johannesburg, South Africa and is composed of hip hop elements. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment. Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area among speech, prose, poetry, and song. The use of the word to describe quick speech or repartee long predates the musical form, meaning originally "to hit". The word had been used in British English since the 16th century, and specifically meaning "to say" since the 18th. It was part of the African American dialect of English in the 1960s meaning "to converse", and very soon after that in its present usage as a term denoting the musical style. Today, the terms "rap" and "rapping" are so closely associated with hip hop music that many use the terms interchangeably.
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio personality, television host, author, actor and photographer best known for his radio show which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style. Stern has been exclusive to Sirius XM Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service, since 2006. The son of a former recording and radio engineer, Stern wished to pursue a career in radio at the age of five. While at Boston University he worked at the campus station WTBU before a brief stint at WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts.
He developed his on-air personality when he landed positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, WCCC in Hartford and WWWW in Detroit. In 1981, he was paired with his current newscaster and co-host Robin Quivers at WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern then moved to WNBC in New York City in 1982 to host afternoons until his firing in 1985. He re-emerged on WXRK that year, and became one of the most popular radio personalities during his 20-year tenure at the station. Stern's show is the most-fined radio program, after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued fines to station licensees for allegedly indecent material that totaled $2.5 million. Stern has won Billboard's Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year award eight times, and is one of the highest-paid figures in radio.
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut album Tha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles. His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 and sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" featuring Static Major. It also includes the singles "A Milli" and "Got Money" featuring T-Pain and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.
Actors: George Cheung (actor), Dante Basco (actor), Waymond Lee (actor), Elizabeth Sung (actress), Raymond Ma (actor), Howard Fong (actor), Katie Anderies (miscellaneous crew), Harry Du Young (actor), Brian Yang (actor), Feodor Chin (actor), Calvin C. Winbush (actor), Micaal Stevens (actor), Becky Wu (actress), Lina So (producer), Megan Lee (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Romance,Actors: Richard Bird (actor), Eric Spade Rivas (editor), Eric Spade Rivas (actor), Eric Spade Rivas (director), Sarah Schoofs (actress), Bob Van Lindt (actor), Alessa Aichinger (actress), Shobit Manchanda (actor), Mark A. Ortiz (actor), James Farley (actor), Andrew Ayala (actor), Sara Jecko (actress), Laura Kiser (actor), Apache Ramos (actor), Antonio Nigro (actor),
Plot: New film From Diamond Minds- A film director on the set of coney island ready to shoot a remake of the 1979 cult classic the Warriors ' and who is in a repressed love situation with his production assistant. Is stuck on set after the bus being manned by Manuel Acevedo with all the warriors are on it crashes on the FDR drive. The director and girl are left in coney island to finally open up about feelings long withheld. When her jealous tattoo filled ex gets wind of the situation he starts a beef between the director of the film and the Outlaw biker community by spray painting the clubhouse of a biker club with the Warriors insignia leading them to the film maker. The ex arrives with his own crew to get the director as well. Action romance and the warriors. The use of real Outlaw bikers in film is a novelty. They usually keep to them selves. But with Mark Ortiz a seasoned Biker who helped get them into film this really makes a good comical wild ride thats similar to the Original Warriors in some ways. Film that started out trying to be the Warriors becomes the Warriors. Coney Island Film Festival Winner 2012 "Best Made in Coney"
Keywords: independent-film, remakeActors: Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (producer), Fred Willard (actor), Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (actor), Andrea Martin (actress), Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (actor), Joe Flaherty (actor), Eugene Levy (actor), Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (actor), Martin Short (writer), Robin Duke (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Noah Mortel (actor), Noah Mortel (producer), Noah Mortel (writer), Noah Mortel (director), Noah Mortel (editor), Marc Mortel (miscellaneous crew), Taylor Mortel Jr. (miscellaneous crew), Claudia Isabel Guevara (actress), Eric C. Jones (actor), Carlos Martin Parrales (actor), Rex Martin (actor), Konstantine Karavellas (actor), Yanick Mortel (actress), Juliana Calle (actress), Graham Maio (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Vanilla Ice (actor), Shaggy 2 Dope (actor), Tone Loc (actor), Jon Foss (editor), Jon Foss (producer), Chuck Quon (actor), Clint Barlow (actor), Aaron Aukes (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Rick Cordeiro (actor), Carey Lewis (writer), Josh MacDonald (actor), Mukesh Asopa (producer), Mukesh Asopa (actor), Mukesh Asopa (director), Mukesh Asopa (writer), Peter Hatch (miscellaneous crew), Nikki Yee (actor), Charles Ross (editor), Twinkle Asopa (writer), Thai Huynh (miscellaneous crew), Thai Huynh (actor), Rajesh Asopa (writer), Shondra Kayd (actress),
Plot: Centuries ago, rather than have a full out war of the revelation, a deal was struck between the heroes of the good and the evil. The beach you visited was sanctioned to the evil. There, the undead could walk like living beings among us.
Keywords: death, father-son-relationship, horror-filmmaking, independent-film, love, reincarnation, respect, revenge, song, zombieActors: Kareem J. Grimes (actor), Anthony Rudolph (director), Laura Hayes (actress), Bad Azz (actor), Rabatan Salem (actor), 40 Glocc (actor), Alice Bowden (actress), Kokane (actor), Tony Washington (writer), Tony Washington (actor), Tony Washington (producer), June Do (actor), Big Syke (actor), Joshua Deon Adams (producer), Pimp'n Young (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Hannes Rossacher (miscellaneous crew), Georg Büchner (writer), Udo Kroschwald (actor), Bruno Cathomas (actor), Lars Eidinger (actor), Ronald Kukulies (actor), André Szymanski (actor), Thomas Ostermeier (director), Roger Bisson (editor), Christina Geiße (actress), Ruud Gielens (actor), Linda Olsansky (actress), Felix Römer (actor), Erwin Bröderbauer (actor), Niclas Ramdohr (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Isaiah Washington (actor), Rosalyn Coleman (actress), Isaiah Washington (producer), Peter Jacobson (actor), Sylvia Caminer (producer), Andrew Fiscella (actor), John Bedford Lloyd (actor), Brian Reingold (miscellaneous crew), Paul F. Bernard (producer), Paul F. Bernard (producer), Diego Serrano (actor), Dechen Thurman (actor), David Fonteno (actor), Herbert Russell (actor), Edward Bilous (composer),
Plot: Nia is a successful copy writer at ad agency, and she leads white yuppie life (though her mother is black). She quits the agency when she is ordered to push a new brand of beer to black ghetto kids and goes searching for her racial identity.
Keywords: advertising, affair, african-american, biracial, deception, exploring-sexuality, independent-film, infidelity, interracial-relationship, interracial-sexActors: Victor Argo (actor), Mika Kaurismäki (producer), Paul Calderon (actor), Mika Kaurismäki (editor), Mika Kaurismäki (director), James Russo (actor), Mauri Sumén (composer), Cynda Williams (actress), Ana Ortiz (actress), Ken Schwenker (producer), Klaus Heydemann (producer), Tim Downs (miscellaneous crew), Hank Blumenthal (producer), Patrick McDade (actor), Pia Tikka (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,