Elvis Presley's Impact On African-American Culture

Hip Hop produced similar idols and ambassadors through the years and decades. Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential MC in the United States. His lyrics containing strong statements about the situation of African-Americans in the present-day society where the black community still have to face issues of racism and police brutality. Kendrick is a similar character to Martin Luther King considering his commitment towards his community and culture, his voice has a strong influence on black people. Sometimes when social injustice and racial issues drench the society, music is one of the best way to demonstrate against these problems.

This new genre of music came from a combination between African American Blues and Gospel. As many African Americans migrated around America, during the Great Migration, the rhythm of their music attracted the young teens, but due to segregation, these songs never got much air time and many middle class White Americans thought the music was tasteless. Due to the lack of air time, many White Americans remade the songs but that caused many people to stop tuning in and listening to that particular station because it just didn’t sound like the same song they enjoyed. Many people set out to find a White American that could capture that African American tune. A memphis producer named Sam Phillips finally found the answer to those problems through Elvis Presley.

Unfortunately the story was immediately considered as scandalous due to its references of homosexual desire. The story appears to be promoting the relationship between three men; Basil, Lord Henry and Dorian Gray, whom the two men admire and fascinate about. the immediate reaction of the readers of those times was rather negative due to superficiality of their judgements. Whether it was homosexuality or not both Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray lived similar lives. Both enjoyed the pleasures in life but due to society’s intolerance and xenophobia both were outcasted.Despite homosexuality was condemned as evil, it was still widespread.

had the unique skill to merge genre’s together and form something that was entirely different and new for the generation, and which led to other generations to merge other genres. Presley’s inspiration of genres was greatly impacted by the African American culture; however, brought his country-side to his music, which is what gave his music his own creative sound. He was the first artist to basically merge black and white music together, and widening his fan base. Elvis Presley not only changed the way entertainers performed, he also changed the way it was marketed. Teenage fans were soon to be seen as important consumers of goods, who bought products like records, tickets to concerts, and movies.

Sonny is the main character in the story who has been through a lot in life. He wanted to be a jazz musician. After going through all the trouble, Sonny was a great musician and he loved to play music more than anything. He used music to escape from all the bad things around him. Most black people grow up in the slums and it is extremely hard to make it out of there without getting stuck on something bad.

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The documentary got nationwide attention and interest from celebrities like Johnny Depp, the most involved one of all. The reason this trial got so popular was for three reasons, the mystery factor as there was not solid evidence in the case, the fact that the three were prosecuted quite unjustly, and the fact that people got emotionally involved because they felt sympathy for the boys and or feared satanism; satanism was a major fear

The general view of a woman being proud of taking other person’s men for herself would be frowned upon by the general public, however, if it were a man, talking about all of his women, it would be written off as just another song and not something significant. This raises the question as to whether or not women and men are viewed as they used to be, where the men are in charge and women were just there to support them. The song therefore challenges the ideas of the “traditional” role of the woman as a housewife and male superiority¬. When analyzed further the process of taking someone else’s man can also relate to one’s class or social standing. If a woman were to take someone else’s man, then in so doing they have attained a higher social class over the other woman, at least from their perspective.