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    Rap music and violence

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    to or overheard a rap song and thought about how vulgar it was and wonder how something like that ever made it to the public? Well if you think rap music has a negative influence on people‚ you’re not alone. Since the late 1980’s rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture‚ because of it’s so-called influence in people’s life. People swear up and down that the music is why people‚ especially the youth resort to violent crimes. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised

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    Violence In Rap Music

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    the rap music has many themes that involve many themes racism‚ drug addiction‚ Rap Music is considered to be the voice of the African American youth. He also stated the types of rap music; lifeline and hard-core rap‚ commercial or soft rap; the commercial or the soft rap is all about social messages that addresses social messages between the races and classes which describes problems and frustrations that exist between teenagers and parents on the other hand the lifeline or the hard core rap is divided

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    why do I like music about violence? And does this violence in music cause violence in the world we live in? But this class has got me thinking that Im asking the wrong questions the better question is why is the world that we live in so violent that it produces music as painful as rap. Much like rap is the focus of watch dog groups and shunned by authorities jazz was in its hay day. Jazz is music based partly on the blues. The blues is music about sex‚ violence and pain. Not music to create any of

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    When rap music was created at first‚ It was used to express an artist’s creativity and emotions freely. However‚ today it is all about the violence and the negative thoughts. Violence is viewed as a big thing in rap music and often times‚ it is portrayed to be okay in rap. Childrens‚ teenagers‚ and young adults tend to have a good memory when it comes to listening the lyrics of music. So often times when they listen to rap music repeatedly‚ the lyrics and mood in the song will become installed in

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    Violence in Rap Music

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    Katasia Green Mrs. Hunt Research Paper 1 March 2013 Violence in Rap music Rap music has become more of a distinctive music genre over the past few decades. Rap music and hip hop is only good for dance and for parties too. Sources of information that describe people growing oppression‚ and declining for advancement. Its sounds‚ images‚ and attitude consist of the people‚ races and cultures. There are many rappers in the business who use negative and bad language such as Grandmaster Flash‚

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    Violence is something you see everywhere around the world. Although rap music has become one of the most popular genres of music‚ and it seems there is no way to slow down the amount of violence in the songs‚ teenagers are becoming more violent because of the music‚ so the artists should rethink their lyrics. Jeanita Richardson‚ author from “Journal of Negro education” says that “As a result‚ of the prevalence of violence in music‚ movies‚ television and video games‚ America has nurtured an environment

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    Music Lyrics being NON-VIOLENT Rap music can be considered a style of art‚ and a way for the artists to express feelings through their words on paper. However‚ there are quite a few rap artists that get criticized for their lyrics. In my essay‚ I want to discuss why rappers use certain lyrics in their music and why people shouldn’t believe that it causes violence among the younger generations. People shouldn’t censor the music just because of violent‚ vulgar and abusive messages it promotes to the

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    Since the late 1980’s rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture‚ because of it’s so-called influence in people’s life. People swear up and down that the music is why people‚ specially the youth resort to violent crimes. I think by saying this they are trying to cover up the real truth by giving simple answers. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompaniment. The first rap song was made in the late 70’s‚ the songs were

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    defining rap music‚ some define it as poetry in the form of music. Even though rap music is thought of as a form of art‚ it is highly debated as a controversial social issue. Author  Sid Kirchheimer from " Does rap put teens at risk" makes a claim that rap music is a detriment to our youth. He believes that negative behaviors is the outcome of people watching and listening to rap music. Author Curtis Aron from "Rap Music: Is It As Bad As Some People Think?" Thinks otherwise and claims that rap music

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    When paying close attention to many song lyrics‚ you can hear the promotion of violent acts. Weather it be a rap song or a country song‚ the promotion or violence is being spread to music fans. These songs are promoting violence by speaking of killing people‚ suicide and flashing their gang "signs" in their music videos. For instance‚ in a popular song by the hip-hop artist Eminem‚ he talks about shooting someone using theses lyrics‚ " I’ma pull you to this bullet‚ and put it through you." When

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