The Notorious B.I.G ruined HIp Hop/ Rap

-Introduction- Notorious B.I.G during his time period was known for his rhyming excellence, feud with Tupac, and his storytelling skills. I will be debating with you on whether Notorious B.I.G ruined rap, or not. I will be against your opinion that Notorious B.I.G ruined rap. Before I begin, I would like to tell you the things that I realized about what you posted in round one. I am not intended to offend you. 1. When you say, "Notorious B.I.G ruined rap," you did not support you opinion. When you state your opinion, even if it's the first round, you need to support it. You did not give enough evidence, and if you want to use only simple sentences like that without explaining why, you need to cite your sources. It is so important that 8th graders learn it. 2. You are not to use opinions too much in a debate. You stated five opinions in those three sentences. I would not advise you to do that. Sources: http://www.ehow.com... -Biggie's Backgound- Biggie once said in his song "The What", "Everything you get, you gotta work hard for it". This quote, is one of the minor examples that shows that Biggie acknowledges his background, and knows what it is like to be depressed, or to be struggling. If you listen to some of his lyrics such as in Juicy when he says, "And all the ****** in the struggle. You know what I'm saying," he is talking about is trying to bring up people's spirits, and guide them through rough times. He was born and raised in a poor, New York neighborhood full of drug addicts, and drug dealers. As Biggie grew up, he did not have anybody to be his role model, but his mom who at the time was struggling economically, and financially. When he later got his rapping career, he took this as an opportunity to help people having the same struggle that he had as a child. Many people think that he only talked about getting money, getting drugs, and getting the girls. This however is wrong. Some of Biggie's songs such as Juicy were about Biggie's struggles. They were created to help people. Listen to Biggie's song "Juicy", and you will see. Biggie is not the only rapper to talk about drugs, and getting money too. Tupac talks about it too. This can be proved in Tupac's "How Do You Want It" when he says,"Puff some more weed, funk, you don't need." Biggie was not the only rapper to talk about drugs at the time. There have been many other rappers that discuss content like that. http://www.youtube.com... Sources: http://www.azlyrics.com... http://www.biography.com... http://rapgenius.com... -Sales- When you say that Biggie took away the "Luster" that rap had, he did not. Luster means glory. Both Biggie, and Tupac gave rap more attention rather than less. Record sales show that at the time, Biggie's records were selling tremendously. He has sold more than 17 million albums in the U.S. So, rather than taking away rap's luster, he actually brought up its luster. He, and Tupac's feud, and songs made rap become more popular for upcoming rappers such as Eminem, Nas, Jay Z, etc. The rappers that are from the east coast now have gotten positive feedback rather than negative. Some such as Jay Z have sold 50 million records worldwide. The two rappers brought the attention, and glory to rap rather than taking it away. He actually helped Eminem a tad bit. Watch the second video. http://www.youtube.com... Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org.... http://answers.yahoo.com... -Conclusion- In summary, Biggie was not the negative force on rap. Statistics have shown that he actually helped rap along with Tupac. The two gave rap an uplift as some might say. I wish you luck in stating you stand. Good Luck, Jordan