About me
My name is Jamari Frazier and this is about me
I’m from Oklahoma,Oklahoma city and currently I’ve been interested in rap and thinking about making it official after graduation.
I like most music as long as it’s relatable and hearable.
Growing up I liked listening to music from tv shows because that’s where all the music was it was on tv shows like for instance the tv show I grew up watching fresh prince of bel-air the famous rap at the beginning of the tv show is my favorite part of the show. Id rap it all around the house and it finally got stuck in my head and that’s when I knew I liked rap and listenin to my mom blast Tupac and The game and snoop dogg it was something I came to like.
STUDIO DREAMS
RAPPING IN A STUDIO IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO TO JUST BE ABLE TO GO IN AND PUT YOUR IMAGINATION AND WHAT YOU MADE AND BRING IT TO LIFE IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
WRITING LYRICS ON PIECE OF PAPER AMD MAKING IT A REALITY IS THE SAME THING AS TELLING A STORY THEN MAKING IT A MOVIE OR A TV SHOW. BUT INSTEAD YOU’RE THE NARRATOR OF YOUR STORY WHILE DOING IT IN A ENTERTAINING WAY OF THOUGHT AND PROCESS.
THE DARK SIDE OF HIP-POP
HIP-POP WAS A BIG THING ESPECIALLY DURING THE MID 80s LATE 90s IT WAS ALREADY AT ITS PEAK OR CLOSE TO IT. RAPPERS WERE GETTING CREATIVE WITH THERE CADENCE AND FLOW AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO PERCEIVE TO THE AUDIENCE AND WITH THAT CAME THE FAME AND RAPPERS COMING UP DURING THAT TIME LIKE TUPAC AND DR DRE AND BIGGIE WERE IDOLS AND ON TV PODCAST FORMATS AND ON POPULAR HIP-POP CHANNELS LIKE BET OR MTV AT THE TIME.
EVERYTHING WAS GREAT TILL WE STARTE SEEING THE AFTERMATH OF WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND BY THAT I MEAN THE SLUMS OR THE HOOD AND BECAUSE OF THAT THERE WAS COMPETITION AGAINST EACH OTHER AND I MEAN BRUTAL COMPETITION. ESPECIALLY OVER TERRITORY BECAUSE ALSO AT THAT TIME IT WAS A THING TO EITHER BE WEST SIDE OR EAST SIDE SND BECAUSE THAT IT WAS ALSO A RIVALRY AGAINST GANGS LIKE DEATH ROW WITH TUPAC AND SUFE KNIGHT AND SNOOP DOGG AND DR DRE AGAINST EAST RAPPERS LIKE BIGGIE AND DIDDY AND JAY-Z
MOST OF THIS RIVALRY LED TO KILLINGS AND SHOOTINGS AND KIDNAPPINGS AMONST OTHER RAPPERS OR PEOPLE WHO PUBLICLY KNEW THEM.
OVERALL RAPPING ITSELF WAS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD BACK THEN IT HAD ITS PROS AND CONS.
MODERN RAP
MODERN RAP ALSO HAS ITS PROS AND CONS BUT IT HAS GREW INTO A MORE SUBTLE AND CALMER TENSION AND BY THAT I MEAN ITS MORE EASY TO GET FAMOUS OFF OF RAPPING AND MORE SAFE.
BLACK COMMUNITIES SRE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE OLD ERA OF RAP AND IT STILL HAS ITS DANGERS IT EVEN BECAME A GENRE CALLED TRAP MUSIC WHICH IS A MORE RELATABLE TYPE OF RAP AND THEN THERES FREESTYLE WHICH CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE SAME TYPE.BUT GROWING UP IN POVERTY AND SECTION 8 HOMES RAPPING OR BASKETBALL BECAME A STEREOTYPE FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY FAME FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
PERSONALLY I STILL WANT TO RAP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND BECOME SOMEONE THAT SOMEONE ELSE CAN LOOK UP TO AND BE INSPIRED TO DO WHAT I DID BUT BETTER AND TALK ABOUT REALISM AND WHAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE OR WHEREVER THERE IS BECAUSE THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
RAPPERSCOVE 