Jade's Musical Theatre Journey

 HELLO, EVERYONE!  DAD SIDE OF THE FAMILY  As most of you already know, I come from a Christian background with a very musically inclined family. Every year we have a tradition of coming together and sing songs. Some of my favorite's songs that we sing is called " Holly Divine ", " Jesus will open door", " Were you there", " Call on God" and lastly   " Heaven" All of these songs have a special place in my heart. I remember being really young going to all of their performances and wishing I could sing with them. It was just warming to see them sing for God and really love what they do. Sadly, I couldn't find any videos of them performing these songs:( Or the quality of the video wasn't great, and you couldn't hear them clearly. But if you want to hear them sing look up" Hope family Gospel Singers of Gastonia NC" MOM SIDE OF THE FAMILY  On my mom's side of the family, we have a Christmas tradition. When my mo...

HISTORY OF TUVA  Tuva is known today as being a subject of Russia. However, it has not always been under Russia's control. Tuva was originally controlled by the Xongnu Empire from 209 BC - 93 AD. It was then under Xianbei State's control from 93 AD - 234 AD. Tuva was also a part of China's Qing Dynasty from 1758 to 1911. Lastly, Tuva became independent as the Uryonkhay Republic before coming under Russia's rule.   The capital of Tuva was established as Belotsaksa and is also a part of Mongolia. In 1911 Mongolia became independent but was still under the protection of Russia. In 1912, the Russian Revolution ended the imperial autocracy which led Tuva to be occupied from July 5, 1918, to July 15,1919 by Alexander Kolchaks White Russian Troops. From July 1919 to February 1920, Tuva was under the control of communist red army until they were occupied by China from February 1920 to June 1921. Lastly, Tuva was a signatory to the March 1992 treaty that created the Russian Fede...

BIG BLOG NO.1 HIP HOP With Hip Hop, there are so many eras that evolved through the years. One of the most well-known eras was the " gangsta" rap era. This was known as the most controversial era during the 1990s. During the 1990s, hip hop became a reflection for how violent inner-city American black youths were. During this time N.W.A founded gangsta rap which became more confrontational which led to their album " Straight out of Compton" which then led to their song " Fuck tha police". Also, during this era there was a lot of gang related rivalry which influenced East vs West rivalry. The East vs West rivalry was a feud in the late 1990s between the east side and the west side. Two of the biggest influencers of this feud was Tupac Shakur (West) and The Notorious B.I.G(East) which later led to their deaths.  With Hip Hop, there are so many eras that evolved through the years. One of the most well-known eras was the " gangsta" rap era. This was k...