Peace, Love and Positivity. Those are the words that musical rap artist, Logic, lives his life by. Logic, real name Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, sings about topics that others wouldn't normally dare to approach. For example, in April 2017, Logic released the song,
1-800-273-8255, and he spoke about suicide, thus the title being the number for the suicide prevention line. During the song, he belts words preaching that every life is important and no matter how bad things are going for you, you should never consider suicide, because your life matters and people love you. This song was a part of his album, Everybody, the song itself was number 31 for the year and peaked number 1. In August 2017, Logic performed his hit song alongside artists, Khalid and Alessia Cara, at the Video Music Awards. During the performance Logic brought up people whose lives were changed after they called the hotline. After the performance, the calls for the suicide hotline tripled that night. While I have never suffered from depression, Logic has impacted my life by influencing the change on how I view the world.
Pictured above is Logic during his performance at the VMAs
A person that I would contrast to Logic is the late rapper, XXXtentacion. Before being shot dead, XXX rapped about his depression and the negative things in his life. Outside of his music, XXX was accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend at the time. He was the opposite type of person compared to Logic in my opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ju6Q8Azcmg attached is the link to Logic's performance at the VMAs. After his performace, Logic gave a powerful speech on what the song means along with how much he cares deeply for everyone. Be warned, there is an abundance of explicit language in the video and song.
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Logan, I wrote about Logic as my comparison! I compared Logic to Khalid because they both relate to teenagers, and spread messages about peace love and positivity. I also thought it was really cool to compare them because they sang the 1800 song together and I believe that was one of the most powerful songs I've ever listened to. It changed a lot of people lives, and really emphasized suicide prevention. I believe Logic is an amazing artist with an empowering message to people of all ages.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a big difference between "good" rap and "bad" rap. I think that rap focusing on positivity and messages have a great impact on our lives, spreading political issues, and influencing the youth in a positive way
ReplyDeleteLogic is such a powerful artist when it comes to his music. He gets his messages out and has them heard for the people that need it.
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends recommended me to listen to Logic and since then I have been listening to him. He is a very good artist and I enjoy his songs.
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