Tag: Shane Eagle
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Shane Eagle- Julia
In many forms, Hip Hop and rap in Africa has been used over the years to convey and bring awareness to social and political issues. In South Africa, there are many artists who use political rap as a gateway to the public in order to reach a broader audience. One of those artists being ShaneRead…
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Shane Eagle “Hold You” – A Story of Dream chasing and Sacrifice
By Shanell Holback South African rapper, singer, and songwriter Shane Eagle has become a prominent figure in the SA music scene. Born Shane Patrick Hughes in 1996 in Johannesburg, Eagle first gained recognition in 2015 when he finished in the Top 5 of the Vuzu: The Hustle, a South African hip-hop reality show. His latestRead…
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shane eagle: an artist of promise
Shane Eagle, a 24-year-old South African rapper, has only been in the rap game for 6 years, but in those 6 years, he has shown true promise. The son of a Coloured mother and an Irish father, Eagle started rapping in High School. After Eagle’s first single in 2015, titled “Way Up,” his popularity andRead…
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Shane Eagle – JULIA
South African hip hop artist Shane Eagle takes a simple and smooth approach to discuss important social and political topics in his music video JULIA. The music video opens with the South African hip hop artists eating cereal and blankly starring at a television screen playing cartoons. The video then cuts to black and whiteRead…
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The Rise of a Prospect: Shane Eagle
Shane Eagle, a twenty-one year old Johannesburg Hip Hop artist, is one of the most prominent rap potentials in the South African music game right now. Born to an Irish father and Black mother who divorced when he was young, Eagle received a heavy influence of European culture growing up attending predominantly whiteRead…
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Emotions: J.Cole and Shane Eagle
Hip-hop artists do not always create songs that are riddled with profanity, sexual innuendos, and violence. In fact all over the world, hip-hop artists return to the roots of self-expression and produce ballads filled to the brim with emotion. Two artists from different corners of the world: J.Cole and Shane Eagle. These two have usedRead…