Musical Controversy

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Musical Controversy

There is a kind of music, which is commonly referred to as “Pop” music. It attracts a variety of Americans of very different geographical, racial, and economical backgrounds. Some of the most popular artists these days that are considered “Pop” are N’Sync, Britney Spears (who, having recently turned eighteen, doesn’t seem to mind letting the guys know that she’s legal now), Cristina Aguilera, Eminem, Limp Bizkit, and Tupac Shakur. It would take a thousand pages to describe the entire commercial and cultural aspects of the music industry, so I will talk about the hip-hop community. Some hip-hop is commonly referred to as “Pop” music, simply because it is popular with a wide variety of crowds. I intend to show you how the different types of crowds under the Pop category interact with one another, especially at popular awards ceremonies, such as the recent MTV Video Music Awards ’00.
MTV’s largest show and party of every year is their Video Music Awards, celebrated in 1999 on 9/9/99. In 2000, it was highlighted by performances by Eminem (aka Marshall Mathers), N’Sync, a side of Britney Spears which brought a chuckle from a few early Madonna haters, and others. In an interview with reporters before the show, 26 year-old white rapper Eminem stated “It ain’t often you get so many people that I don’t like into one room together.” Eminem’s relationship with the music industry is a strange one – you either love him or you hate him. He openly hates gays, women, and children. He is being petitioned to be arrested by a national gay rights activist group for his homophobic lyrics and attitude. So, you ask, why is he such a loved character if he is so “shady”? His most recent album, The Marshall Mathers LP, sold 1.7 million copies its first week – the most for ...

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