Explain why your person is considered a famous hip hop artist. What did they contribute to the movement of Hip Hop music? 2. Early Life: Share important facts about his/her childhood as

You may choose one of the artist to answer the questions on.
Legendary Hip Hop Artists:
Sean ” Puffy” Combs
RUN DMC
Grandmaster Flash
Queen Latifah
Salt N Peppa
Biggie Smalls
Lauryn Hill and the Fugees
LL Cool J
MC Lyte
The Sugar Hill Gang
Public Enemy
Dr. Dre
Kurtis Blow
Q-Tip
Ice Cube
Missy Elliott
Jay Z
Nas
A Tribe Called Quest
Doug E. Fresh
MC Hammer
1. Explain why your person is considered a famous hip hop artist. What did they contribute to the movement of Hip Hop music?
2. Early Life: Share important facts about his/her childhood as well his/her adult years prior to becoming famous.
A. Where/when was s/he born?
B. Where/when raised?
C. What were their interests as a child?
D. Where did they attend school? Did they graduate high school or college?
E. If they are a group, how did they become a performing group?
F. What was their life like before they became famous? *
3. Who is your artist’s inspiration? What singers/bands were they inspired by?

4. How did your artist get started in the music industry? What events happened that led to your artist’s popularity?*
5. How did your artist’s music contribute to the genre of Hip Hop? Are there any new elements that your artist created? ( Be Specific.)*

6. Tell about successes AND failures that this person experienced. ( Awards received, albums recorded etc. ) *
7. List your artist’s top three- five songs and the year they came out.

8. How many albums has your artist released? Name at least their top 2 albums and the year they came out.

9. Explain the traits or characteristics that this person possessed which allowed him/her to be a success.*

10. Find two songs this person was famous for composing/performing. Listen to the song or watch a youtube performance of the song. Describe the following: *
The name of the song and the performing artist. Identify musical instruments, song structure or vocal sections that are used in the song. Identify 2 or more musical characteristics that you hear within each song. Explain the meaning of the song and use 2 specific lyrics from the song to support your response. You must use music vocabulary words in your responses to specifically describe what you hear. ( Response must be a minimum of 5 sentences each.)

11. What inspiration can you gain from the life of this Hip Hop legend? *

* Must include a second page of pictures of the artist if typing a 1 page paper. If completing a Google slides presentation pictures must be displayed throughout the slides.
Be sure that you have identified the resources/website references that you use.