Almost every people account an event that
brings significant impact on their lives. For instance, Helen Keller would have
had a mere chance to succeed if it were not for the teaching of Ms. Sullivan,
and Korean Scientist Jang, Youngshil would not have able to invent lots of
scientific gadgets if he couldn’t meet Emperor Seajong. As with these people, I
also had something that entirely changed the overall attitude toward my life
when I was attending middle school. That is, to say, getting to know about hip-hop
music through my best friend, Kim, Namkyoung.
It was about 8months from now, when I started
to listen to hip-hop. Before, I, like most of my peers, listened to K-Pop, and
were fan of idol girls. One day, I had the chance to listen to a song called ‘Airbag’
by Table, and for no reason I was seriously addicted to it. How addicted I was?
Well, in our class, I had a close friend named NamKyoung, whose dream is to be
a rapper, and I asked him to teach me how I can accomplish the rap part in the
song. I sang it in front of him, which was horrible of course, and asked him
for revision. What he said was though, ‘just try harder.’ Regardless of my
dismay, from then on I started to listen to hip-hop music. As time passed by, I
felt as if hip-hop music is the best in the world, because of exciting rhythms,
and mostly because of the genuine lyrics without affectations. Furthermore, I
started to admire all the rappers, as I was just amused by the fact that they
can produce rap music, which motivated me to compose my own song. Feeling as if
I am a musician, I showed to my friend, Namkyoung. After taking a glance look
at it, he tore it off; he told me it is a crap. I was shocked and despondent
because I never expected my close friend would do such a thing. Nevertheless,
something inside me kept pushing me to learn how I can improve. So I asked him
for some advice. He kept his neglectanct attitude, and kept saying that I
should just give up on it. But I didn’t. I grabbed this little hope that I can
improve if I kept on practicing. Without letting my parents know, I stood up in
the midnight until about 3a.m. and wrote lyrics, fixed lyrics, practiced rap.
As time passed by, and as my skills improved, he started to become a bit more
open-minded, and told me about some concepts related with hip-hop. The most
important concept was to be modest, and not boast around with hip-hop. That was
why Namkyoung was not generous when I first encountered hip-hop, as he thought
that I may not be modest if I was praised from the start.
After
I heard that, and as time passed by, I started to become more modest of myself.
Rather than exaggerating or being bossy of one’s ability, I thought that being
modest and enhancing one’s ability is much better, whether it is music,
studying, or sports. Thanks to my friend, Namkyoung, through learning about hip-hop,
not only I was able to enhance my rap skill, but also I could become more
modest of myself.
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You have a great friend who can give you true advice. I was so surprised that he tore off what you wrote. He must be full of spirit of artist...
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