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  First and foremost Kanye West had the most memorable acceptance speech at the show. Taking home the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award presented by Taylor Swift, which in Kanye words "heavily promoted to increase MTV ratings." He spoke on many topics jumping from the millennium teachers of the generation, to the flaws in award shows, and ended with announcing that he is running for president in the year 2020. After the announcement #Kanye4President began trending on Twitter and Facebook.  Miley Cyrus hosted the show, delivering on both entertainment and fashion throughout the entire show, with funny commentary, multiple wardrobe changes, and staged clips. Nicki Minaj also had a few words for Miley responding to Miley's recent interview comments towards the rapper. Overall the show was entertaining with performances by The Weekend, Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and 21 pilots, and Pharrell. However with questionable award winners and the overall dynamics of award sho

Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height Political rapper Lupe Fiasco released early this morning a new mixtape titled Pharaoh Height . Of course with a name and cover art like that, conscious minds are forced to take a listen. Lupe is known for his wide range of sounds and thought provoking topics, so this comes as no surprise that this mixtape does that also. I enjoyed Pharaoh Height . The mixtape delivers in lyrical content that many would argue as true "hip hop." Normally I can't sit through an entire Lupe tape without turning it off or skipping the songs, because sometimes he can just do too much, in my opinion, but not on Pharaoh Height . Many artist mention political and mind control topics, but lack an explanation. Not Lupe, he's straight to the point and is in dept about the topics that he address on the tape, reminding audiences of the old Lupe, just with a newer flow. I like it, nice job Lupe!

Compton is back Audiences lined up for the debut bio pic   Straight Outta Compton .  The film chronicles the background history of the group N.W.A, its members, and the dynamics of their relationships with each other, from the band's inception, to growing success and stardom until the eventual disbanding. Straight Outta Compton  is a 2015 American bio pic directed by F. Gary Gray and screen written by rapper. The films revolves around the rise and fall of the Compton, California hip hop group N.W.A, and borrows its title from the name of N.W.A's 1988 debut studio album. The film was released on August 14, 2015. After finally seeing   Straight Outta Compton   I decided to write a review. I was going to just put a brief synopsis of the movie during the time it trended worldwide, but I wanted to see if the movie lived up to the hype, and it definitely did.   Straight Outta Compton   is the best bio pic since the 2004 Academy Award winning movie   Ray . Selling

Conscious VS Trap After Vince Staple tweet about not wanting to be placed in the conscious rap label last Wednesday evening, Hip Hop heads voiced their opinion on the sub labels of hip hop. I am highly offended by the term conscious rap don't associate me with that. — Vince Staples (@vincestaples) August 12, 2015 This brings me to talk about the topic. Should hip hop have sub genres? Hip Hop was founded on the fun of mixing together music with rhymes and developed into storytelling, word play, political power etc... The culture of hip hop will always include the elements of  DJs to turn the tables, a microphone to spit the bars, graffiti to paint the images, and the infinite break dancing. Introduced in the late 70's were hip hop pioneer groups like, the Sugar Hill Gang, who were the first hip hop group to enter into mainstream media with the classic anthem "Rappers Delight," which expressed pure fun, funkadelic beats, rhymes, and basic flow. During th

In music, One Direction and Fifth Harmony took home an impressive bounty, winning such awards as choice selfie taker and choice summer song, respectively. “Empire” unsurprisingly won the prize for best breakout TV show, and “The Vampire Diaries'” Nina Dobrev won her final award for the drama. As for movies, “Furious 7” won for action movie, and Paul Walker was awarded choice actor in an action posthumously. In the Web sector, Bethany Mota and Cameron Dallas won choice Web stars. Mota also took home the same prize last year. Josh Peck, Gina Rodriguez and Ludacris hosted the show. The Teen Choice Awards aired live on Fox. See a full list of winners below. CHOICE WEB STAR: FEMALE Bethany Mota (WINNER) Eva Gutowski Grace Helbig Jen McAllister Michelle Phan Lele Pans CHOICE WEB STAR: MALE Cameron Dallas (WINNER) Matthew Espinosa Joey Graceffa Ryan Higa Felix Kjellberg Tyler Oakley CHOICE SUMMER SONG “Worth It” -Fifth Harmony (WINNER) “Bad Blood” – Taylor Swift & Ken