2009GroupBEurope

=**//Europe....France// ** = Work completed by LaTavia Jackson, Hillary Ross, and Vincent Wylie = =  //Our group decided to write about the the country of France. in Europe, France is the mecca of hip hop as the United States is the leader in North America, Also, because the social Justice rapper in France has sent a powerful message.//

//Hip Hop culture and its for elements, Graffiti, DJing, MCing/Rap and B-Boying or breaking also known as break dance, officially arrived in France in November 1982 with the "New York City Rap Tour" thanks to Benard Zekri, I-Television channel's former CEO now working for Canal+. Next to Afrika Bambaaaa, Fab Five Fredd, Grandmixer D.XT and others, the event introduced the Rock Steady Crew of the French audience. The show created quite a stir among French Hip Hop movements's pioneers, such as Solo, former rapper of the Assassins: "I saw the broadcast on television and the very nighe, I pushed the furnititure awau and tried to dance like the B-Boys. From then on, Hip Hop has always been a part of life." French label boss Bob Sinclair says, "I probably wouldn't be what I am today if I hadn't seen the Rock Steady Crew that nigh..." // //Diam (real name: Melanie Georgiades) was born on July 25, 1980 and is of French and Greek Cypriot origin. She was raised by her mother after her farther left them. Raised in the suburbs of a small city south of Paris, she yearned to get out. Finding her way in the hip hop community, she was influenced by artist such as Supreme NTM and Public. Inspired by the dictionary definition of a diamond as “an object of luxury and ornamentation, found in pure mineral form,” she found her name, Diam. She is the auteur behind several consecutive gold albums on the French market, including her first big break, Dans Ma Bulle(In My Zone) in 2006. At the age of 18, Diam signed a deal with BMG Music Publishing, and then signed a contract with Universal records in 1999. Most of her music fomented a cult of rap songs that embrace social problems and feminism. After becoming highly known, Diam preformed all over Paris and France.//

// Within her music, Diam talks about social justice towards w // // oman. She is pro-woman and talks about violence against woman, misogyny, and why it is wrong. Diam also speaks towards woman and how they should not do the things they do, such as sell their body and destroy themselves with chemicals that do not belong in it. She tells women to cherish their self and respect their body. //

//I think that Diam's music is very nice and is needed in our community. Her music compared to most of our hip hop songs are very different from each other. Most music has to deals with girls and drugs while her music has to deal with how selling females bodies are wrong.//


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