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Kanye West and Twitter

Kanye West on Twitter In todays generation social media is a key gateway for mass promotion. Hip Hop artist Kanye West uses twitter as a key way to communicate with his 8 Million plus followers. Numerous sources show that Kanye is not afraid to express some of his thoughts on his twitter page. Ironically Kanye was once reported to get angry when he was once asked if he would ever own a twitter account. Along with Kanye’s thoughts his music, album dates, video debuts, and other business moves relating to his G.O.O.D Music Company are all broadcasted on his twitter page for promotion to the public. These five sources explain about Kanye’s rants on twitter about the word “bitch”, leaked videos, New Album date, Album Promotion and his thoughts about his celebrity life.

 1. BillBoard- This billboard article reveal how Kanye West was once angry about being asked to join twitter and now ironically twitter is one of Kanye’s most efficient ways of promotion. 2.Inquisitr- The Inquisitr article talks about how Kanye trended on twitter for deleting all of his tweets except for one that says “June-Eighteenth” this mystery tweet had all of Kanye’s followers puzzled for the significance of this tweet which turned out to be the date of his new album release 3. GossipCop- Gossipcop catches Kanye’s rants about the use of the word “Bitch” and about the damage that this word holds although he uses this word in his music. 4. USMAG- Us Mag documents Kanye’s feelings about the leak of his new video “black skinhead” some how an unofficial version of the video was leaked to the public and Kanye was heart broken over the leak but he has publicized the video is not the official version. 5. HollyWoodReporter- Hollywoodreporter follows Kanye on his rant about how his life has changed as a celebrity and what he feels about the world and everything that is going on in it today.

As for future references i think Kanye will continue to use twitter as a main gateway of communication to the people and he will continue to be prosperous from his fame and that his twitter will remain a target for a trending topic. Kanye does not tweet on a daily which is why his tweets are so powerful when they do occur.

face book page

https://www.facebook.com/FullyFocusedMusic?fref=ts This is a link to the fully focused music group page. This page is used to promote music for the fully focused music group. People can also get in contact with those artist through this page. One last thing this page offers is room for response from the listeners to the fully focused music group artist.

Project Grime pt 2 tweet

#PROJECTGRIME2 TOMORROW ...STOOOOOPID #THATSALL

— IG: Bonez_ATL (@Bonez_ATL) June 28, 2013

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This motivational video called "Success" is my favorite Youtube video. This video is my favorite for the impact it has on my view of life. This video is very inspirational for me because I can relate to the video and the obstacles that take place within the video. Also the wisdom from the video can relate to any type of obstacle in life.

https://www.facebook.com/index.php?stype=lo&jlou=AfcfPffn9VrHkXqoQl-ltcFNGVrGwb-QWnP8uI2SpuqdDJivdXke1Qa9e0ETjhxDD7ExYqy53lxwrQFZwqNrbz7W&smuh=32958&lh=Ac_9UdXu-NUNKYnV&aik=4N5r3JEvhbLotr4pg76QJQ 

this site is a link to facebook and the thing i like about this site is that it keeps me in contact with old school mates who may have moved away or who have left the city for any reason. this just keeps us up to date with the new adventures we encounter in our lives outside of high school

My name is malik bussie i like to travel and am currently in school as a mass communications major on the road to graduating and the social media applications i use the most are twitter and facebook i used to use myspace but it got old

Use of N-Word in media

The Use of the N-Word in Media

                  The use of the N-word has always been offensive throughout history based on the origin from the way it was used to identify slaves coming from the mouth of the slave owners. The word “Nigga” is arguably the most offensive word in language topping all other curse words due to the fact that this one word holds so much history. It seems as time passes in today’s generation we embrace this word as a statement of endearment rather than a statement of offense. This issue has recently been brought up after the premiere of the movie “Django”. The film uses the word “nigga” very freely some people were not happy with, especially because this word was used very frequently by white characters, who are the most hated people when using this word.

Personal Experience

                  Although I do not personally have any negative feelings about the movie and the way this word is used in today’s time I still can relate to the ones who do, regarding the fact that I am a black man myself. I feel that the word is more of a minority word used among minorities the only time it is a problem is when a white person would use it but since “Django” is just a movie I understand the message that was trying to be displayed in which I did not find it offensive. Me and my peers use the word all the time as meaning of endearment rather than offense, even among other minorities such as latinos, arab, etc..

Pro Side(Agree)

1.     http://www.tolerance.org/magazine/number-40-fall-2011/feature/straight-talk-about-n-word

In this article “Teaching Tolerence” it explains how the N-word has been transformed from a word of hate to a term of endearment granted by the ones who used to be called the N-word on hatred terms such as our generations parents. This article explains how in todays time the youth uses this word as an anology for the term “friend” which is the reason why even white kids say it to each other. Studies show that white kids are the most consumers of hiphop music which is a big reason on why they see this word as a friendly term rather than a term of hatred being that the N-word is a big influence in the hiphop culture.

2.     http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700322/django-unchained-n-word-nas.jhtml

In this “MTV” Interview the rapper Nas address the use of the N-word in the movie Django and how it was not a problem. Nas is a black man himself who has also named one of his studio albums “NIGGER” but he did not see any offense to Tarintino’s madness. Nas felt that the term was necessary for the movie to show the “rawness”
 of histroy dealing with slavery. Opting the word out of the film would be a way of covering up and hiding history from everyone. Nas doesn’t find the word offensive just a way to identify the truths of history.

3.     http://www.theroot.com/views/tarantino-unchained-part-2-n-word

In this article of “The Root” Tarintino explains his reason for overly using this word is to bring the 21^st century audience back in time to the 18^th century so they could see the truth of time. He explains that he understood it could start a controversy among certain spectators but he doesn’t want to hide the truth from any of his viewers in any type of way it just isnt his style. He stresses that he wasn’t meaning any offense but simply was only trying to re-create an important time in history for the ones who were ignorant to the facts of history.

Con Side (Disagree)

4.     http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/spike-lee-outraged-django-unchained-article-1.1226762

This article in “The Daily News” the famous director Spike Lee speaks on the movie Django and its use of the “N-Word”. Lee argues that this film is disrespectful to the ancestors of African Americans due to the fact that slavery was ideal to the holocaust, according to Lee. He feels that Tarintino did not feel that slavery was as serious as it really was to the African-American culture with all the pain that it has caused as a race.

5.     http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tarantinos-django-unchained-reignites-debate-402445

In “The Hollywood Reporter” this article talks about how the N-word is a term of hatred and verbal abuse. This article also talks about how the movie “Django” went overboard with the use of the word but since the south is so accustomed to the language some people didn’t even realize the type of offense the film was delivering, according to the article. Also it talks about how Tarintino is throwing the issue of slavery into the faces of the black community by making this movie and allowing the white characters to use this strong word so freely.

6.     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/katt-williams-threatens-to-punch-quentin-tarantino_n_2420465.html

In the “Huffington Post” comedian Katt Williams speaks on his thoughts about Tarintino and his use of the N-Word in the movie “Django”. Katt Williams doesn’t agree with the film or the actors he has threatened to punch Tarintino for using this word so freely and not being a black man. Williams still looks at this word as a big issue coming from a white male who are the most forbidden to use the word.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNxyoHNCfZ0

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Conclusion

                  After researching and dealing with this topic about how the media depicts and uses the “N-Word” my views have not changed much. Even though I am a African-American male I understand the history of slavery and the weight that the word holds but I am not offended at all by the over use of it in movies and television and etc.. I still feel that the word is more of a word for minorities. When white people use the word on screen I understand that it is a job for them to re-create a real life moment in time. Only time this would trigger any thought in my mind is if this word was used by a white person in real life toward me in a negative way.

My name is Malik and i am a student at the University of West Georgia. I am a mass communications major with a film studies minor. Any type of media work is my focus of interest for school related jobs. My hometown is Atlanta, Georgia and i dont have a steady hobby but i deal with music everyday so that might count. Other than that i just live life on improve.

One example of an issue of media depicting minorities is when hurricane Katrina attacked New Orleans. According to the media every time a family was "looting" they happened to be black and every family that was white were "finding". This is just one example that shows how the media separates the two races when they are both in the same predicaments and perform the same actions.

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/looters.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUzLpO1kxI