2009GroupA-Jamaica

Continent: North America Country: Jamaica

Artist: Errol Lee

Questions:

1.What type of hip-hop does this person produce? When, where, why do they perform hip-hop? Who inspires them?
 * Errol Lee is a Jamaican born Christian singer, professional singer, and rapper that tours different schools to educate students on Christian values through music. Errol performed hip hop in his homeland of Jamaica. He was the son of the famous producer Bunny Lee and singer Merlene Webber. The creativity in the atmosphere encourageed him to go into the music world.

2. What does this artist speak to in his/her music? What is being conveyed as an important message? What does hip-hop mean to the artist(s)? ?
 * Errol Lee uses his music to teach children about their character interactively. The artist raps about little things like how people fight but he compares them to cats and dogs. Overall, hip hop makes him feel like a better person because people give him a lot of positive feedback and that's what encourages him to continue to write songs and teach children.

3. Your opinion: What do you think about the music? How does it compare to your favorite songs and/or current music?
 * In my opinion, Errol Lee's music is nothing like the music I listen to. I tend to listen to younger artists and Errol Lee is much older. Though I never listened to his music before, I actually like it since he conveys positive messages through his songs.

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