The 21st Century
In the early 2000's, a great deal of 90's rap still remained and was still very popular. But after the attacks on September 11th of 2001, musicians started to write about the pain, while trying to remain optimistic. Toby Keith, a popular country artist wrote TONS of songs about his American Pride. Specifically two of his songs, "American Soldier" and "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" were aimed towards giving Americans pride in our country after the attacks. He wanted to let them know that we would fight back, and we would become a stronger nation than we were before. US soldiers were also off fighting two wars in the Middle East. On the technology side of things, Apple released the "ipod" in October of 2001. This was a huge change for music, because now it was able to be carried around easier, instead of the bulky cd players. Youtube was also released in the early 2000's, so that music videos were able to be viewed whenever they wanted to be.
Important Artists"
-Maroon 5
-Beyonce
-Lil Wayne
-Eminem
-Madonna
-Usher
-Fall Out Boy
-Train
-Blink-182
-Coldplay
-Rihanna
-Katy Perry
Important Artists"
-Maroon 5
-Beyonce
-Lil Wayne
-Eminem
-Madonna
-Usher
-Fall Out Boy
-Train
-Blink-182
-Coldplay
-Rihanna
-Katy Perry