User:Emilyrosenthal/Evaluate an Article

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(Provide a link to the article here.) ASAP Rocky

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
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I chose an ASAP Rocky article because I like his music and his story should be reflected accurately and it was in the C class article range. My initial impression was that it is pretty well developed and had a lot of detail in it.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section is a little overly detailed, going into awards and specific projects and features in the very beginning which could be distracting from people who just want an overview.

The article is fairly neutral, not showing a lot of bias in the actual telling of the information. A lot of space though is spent discussing the legal history and charges that have been pressed against ASAP Rocky and his time in jail more so than his music. The heavy focus on that aspect of his life further supports the notion that Black men are inherently criminal when that is not what he is best known for or widely recognized for.

Many of the sources come from the same outlets like complex or billboard which isn't necessarily harmful because they tend to report on music and popular culture, but something to be aware of. Overall I think the references are pretty thorough, using the best available secondary sources and primary sources that are things Rocky has actually said and confirmed.

The article isn't as up to date as it could be surrounding his business ventures and more recent things he has been doing, like releasing his own whiskey and starring in Gucci campaigns, both of which are easily accessible.

The writing is clear and concise and the information fits under the headings that it is assigned to.

Some of the images are appropriate, simple headshots of Rocky or photos of him on tour, placed in sections about his performances, but more than half the photos are related to an assault that took place in Sweden, focusing again on his criminality and not on his music. Those images are also completely unrelated to anything about him and are shots of the landscape/scenery.

The talk page offers good clarity into some of the language used, correcting Barbadian to Bajan, the correct term to apply to people from Barbados, helping to make the article more scholarly and accurate.

Overall the article has a lot of detail about his life but there is too much information about irrelevant parts of his life in an attempt to paint him and other rappers in a bad light, seeming aggressive and criminal. The highlight of the article is the information about his musical projects.