Shakiras Groundbreaking Impact on American Culture as a Multicultural Artist

Name Instructor Course Date Artist: Shakira Topic: Shakira Impact on American Culture One can define an artist as anyone who engages in an activity related to creating art or practices and demonstrates art. A singer, writer, poet, painter, photographer and any other person who express defined skills to conceptualize and make artist works remain considered an artist. Artist work is all about originality; thus, if any person can create and communicate their text through a unique and original piece of art, whether in writing, images or vocal, then they qualify to be defined as an artist whose impact on the society, economy and culture remains well defined. Shakira is an artist who creates music and communicates her message through singing. According to Lena and Danielle (2), a musician is an artist because they either create, conduct, or perform music, a great form of art. Through her songs and performances, Shakira impacts the American culture in a great manner. Shakira is not just an ordinary singer but a great artist whose impact on American culture remains well defined. She creates, conducts and performs her music is a clear justification that Shakira is an artist. According to an opinion posted on Music World by Bruce Britt on March 26th 2002, Shakira’s artistic work steamed from multicultural influences after years of listening to Anglo and American rock acts like the Beatles, Nirvana and the cure. She is an artist who understands the value of other cultures. She thus employs Spanish-language in her recording to express her urge to embrace all persons regardless of race/language. According to Cepeda (1-2), Shakira's songs proved influential to American culture as they shaped groups' notions of what it means to be a Latino and a C