Ethos Pathos Logos

Music is a powerful force that people make every day. Music expresses what one person is feeling and it can pass on and relate to others. Whether it the beats or the lyrics of music it can make us feel a certain way. Many rappers though out the years use their voice to speak up for the people that believe they do not matter. Music gathers people together because we relate to the lyrics that are being said. We see the world from the artist point of view and relate it to our lives and spread the message to the ones around us. Rappers use music to express everyday events that they have faced in their lives and how they relate to a certain audience. Aristotle view on rhetoric was based on different types of knowledge and how one can generate

Logos is used within the speech itself, the use of words, data, and facts to fill in an idea that has not been said. One can not just convince an audience just by having facts the manner in which someone presents the data. The presenter's character, intelligence, goodwill, and virtue all take part with ethos. Ethos is credibility if one is demonstrating their goodwill and compassion towards a cause it will be more likely to trust you. After you have an appeal to your audience pathos kicks in and that is when your audience is reasoning in their head. The audience needs to change their state of mind and make them feel different and motivate the original action you wish for them to engage in. When a speaker uses the artistic proofs one should be able to properly communicate and persuade an audience to support your case. Politicians, movies, music, and people in your everyday life may use logos, ethos, and pathos in order to convince you that their way of thinking should be the way you should see life as

In the United States what has been a huge topic is the exposure of racism. Hip-hop artist and rappers have become the voice of many communities by expressing the everyday struggle people of color overcome at some point in their lives. Kendrick Lamar an artist from Compton has been the voice of the black community and of the youth. Kendrick has been known to touch on issues such as murder, financial issues, and racism. In his latest album “DAMN.” Complex Magazine describes his lyrics to be extreme and risky“ In a world on the brink of global war and in a country on the brink of fascism…”. In his song “XXX” he touches the issue of racism and how people are becoming discouraged to become something of themselves due to the world that deteriorates people of