Hip Hop Matters by S. Craig Watkins

What I Understand

1. Dr. Dre used to be under a label but he decided to leave and start his own label.
2. He was in the the rap game for money and the music.
3. Dre basically found Eminem and gave him a chance.
4. Interscope records dropped Snoop Dogg becuase he wasn't a thug like character like Tupac Shakur.
5. He used to be in a group called N.W.A

Questions I Have

1. What would have happened to Eminem if Dr. Dre didn't start his own label?
2. How was Dr. Dre discovered in the rap game?
3. Why would the critics always compare Eminem to Elvis Presley?
4. How was 50 cent discovered?

Unknown Words

1. Contemptous-(Page 102) showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.
2. Provocateur - (Page 106)- a person who provokes trouble, causes dissension, or the like; agitator.
3. Outlanding- (Page 107) - freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices.

Literary Terms

1. Metaphor (Page 110)- I believe it's the bigger cancer to black America, because it doesn't inform, it just sells product.
2. Alliteration (Page 108)- "Eminem's ability to navigate hip hop's racial fault lines..."

Summarizing Statement

This part talks about how Dr. Dre got his new begginning in the rap industry.