Another advantage is that it is a diverse race for example eminem who is from a white background is one of the best rappers of all time although he does promote a lot of violence, this proves that gangsta rap and hip hop can be for any race or background. It is often looked upon that gangsta rap and hip hop is generally dominated by black ethnic origins but eminem shows that anyone can get involved. Like tupac, eminem had a very difficult upbringing. He was born on october 17th 1972 in missouri, US. Eminem was so severely bullied in his public school that his mother went and sued the local school board for “failing to sufficiently protect her child” so the fact that his mum had to sue the local school goes to show that his time at school wasn 't the best and like tupac, had a difficult early life. Another achievement which eminem received was When “Lose Yourself” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, however Eminem was not there to accept the award, he was asleep during the ceremony because he believed he would not win. The fact that he was asleep whilst the ceremony was on shows how much faith he had in himself and this can be for a number of reasons but the main one being how much people put him down in his youth age and therefore made him have no faith in himself and that 's why he believed he would have no chance …show more content…
A lot of teenagers are influenced by by music because they want to copy their favourite artists and act in such a way that it is similar to the artist most favourable to this person. Hip Hop is the most listened to genre of music by the