Summer Project

My ignite presentation will be about Kendrick Lamar's extended music video of "Alright." I will be focusing on the social commentary within rap music and how rap artists are able to voice their opinions more explicitly than pop artists. The video reveals the main topic of police brutality and the conflict between black and white races; the video involves white police officers shooting black males for no reason, which links closely to news related links like Michael Brown. This video has come into the mainstream and has been one of the most socially accepted, yet highly controversial rap videos since NWA and had even won a Grammy for the best rap video. The extended video is also in black and white which is ironic due to the conflict between to the races. Kendrick Lamar is an artist that raps about the history of slavery, police brutality and other issues that are important, therefore this would give me a good scope to write a critical investigation about.

Coursework Prep

Media text: Stonewall (2015)
Media issue/debate: Homophobia

Media text: Schoolboy Q - Tookie Knows II music video (2016)
Media issue/debate: Personal identity + police brutality

Media text: Love Island, reality TV show (2016)
Media issue/debate: Reality TV + the representation of women

Media text: Magic Mike XXL (2015)
Media issue/debate: Representation of genders

Media text: The Duff (2015)
Media issue/debate: Personal identity + appearances - stereotypes