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1. www.vox.com › culture › 2018/7/30How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality - Vox

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   Jul 30, 2018 · Despite its recent political and cultural conservatism, country has been the music of the poor and working class since the days of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.

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3. borgenproject.org › 5-musicians-who-dealt-with-poverty5 Musicians Who Dealt With Poverty - The Borgen Project

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   • Shania Twain: Regarded as one of the best country singers of all time, Shania Twain had an extremely rough childhood. Twain was born in Ontario, Canada and grew up in the small town of Timmins.
   • Ringo Starr: The famous drummer for the Beatles, Ringo Starr grew up in unideal circumstances. Born as Richard Starkey in the inner city of Liverpool, Starkey faced many obstacles as a child.
   • Nicki Minaj: Minaj, a famous rapper and singer, has the most outlandish wardrobe collection of these five musicians who dealt with poverty. Minaj was born in 1982 in Trinidad and Tobago, the southernmost island in the Caribbean.
   • Celine Dion: One of the most acclaimed singers of all time, Celine Dion rose from humble beginnings. Dion was the youngest of 14 children in a poor French-Canadian home in the town of Charlemagne in Quebec, Canada.

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   Nov 16, 2015 · From Kendrick to Bruce Springsteen, these artists break through the mold to talk politics, race, and so much more in their lyrics.

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5. economichardship.org › 2018 › 07How Music Has Responded to a Decade of Economic Inequality

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   Jul 31, 2018 · Music engaging with inequality tends to be on the fringes of popular genres. Mainstream country music, a genre rooted in the rural red-state South, is no stranger to poverty or songs about risk-taking. But it very rarely deals with inequality, says Payne, a native of Kentucky.

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   From Michael Jackson to Toni Braxton, these musicians aren't all poor, but they definitely make a lot less than you would think.

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7. medium.com › @keydahir4 › voices-from-povertyVoices from Poverty: Singers Who Rose to Stardom ... - Medium

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   Nov 18, 2023 · The stories of singers who grew up in poverty and achieved global recognition emphasize the profound influence of music and the indomitable spirit of artists who use their talent to overcome ...

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   Which musicians dealt with poverty?

   • Today’s musicians are icons in popular culture and while some had an easy path to stardom, others had to walk on a rocky one. These are five musicians who dealt with poverty. Shania Twain: Regarded as one of the best country singers of all time, Shania Twain had an extremely rough childhood.

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   Does country music deal with inequality?

   • Mainstream country music, a genre rooted in the rural red-state South, is no stranger to poverty or songs about risk-taking. But it very rarely deals with inequality, says Payne, a native of Kentucky. “The only economic theme is, ‘We grew up poor, but we didn’t know it at the time, and now we’ve got everything we need.’

   How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality

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   Why are musicians struggling so much in the past decade?

   • One glaring irony here is that the past decade has also seen the vast majority of musicians struggling even more than they did previously: The collapse of the sale of recordings has made most of them all too aware of income inequality, especially when they compare themselves to one-percenters of the past (the Eagles) or present (Lady Gaga).

   How Music Has Responded to a Decade of Economic Inequality

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   Are 'TLC' singers really poor?

   • From Michael Jackson to Toni Braxton, these musicians aren't all poor, but they definitely make a lot less than you would think. TLC don't want no scrubs (a man that just "sits on his broke a**") but the girls were sitting on their broke butts for a long time.

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   Does monetary wealth give musicians something to sing about?

   • Part of the paradox here is simply that monetary wealth gives musicians — at least, the tiny minority experiencing material bounty — something to sing about. Musicians are not unique here: In the years since the Reagan administration, a reveling in what used to be called heartless materialism has become de rigueur.

   How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality

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   Are artists crooning about wealth?

   • Artists singing about how much wealth they had accrued fit cleanly into a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous culture. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Marvin Gaye were filthy rich, but it’s hard to imagine them crooning about their money and mansions.

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9. www.lse.ac.uk › research › research-for-the-worldMusic shapes our understanding of inequality | Research for ...

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   Jul 7, 2021 · Society. Can music shape our understanding of poverty and inequality? What do music and development studies have in common? More than you might think, says David Lewis, whose work explores the power of the song in social change. 7 Jul 2021 •. When was the last time you listened to music? Maybe it was this morning on the radio.