Kate Everett It’s a Bad Rap Every so often‚ a new style of music emerges in America. In the 1970s and 80s‚ it was rap. For many years‚ rap brought the population of African American’s together in a changing society. They all knew how it felt to be discriminated and terrorized. Rap was what people could relate to‚ because they knew they were not the only ones in trouble. Now‚ rap has changed for the worst. Modern mainstream rap is an embarrassment compared to the art form it used to be. Beginning
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significant number of the music recordings made by rap specialists on the planet demonstrate these points in them. Individuals who are more into rap‚ hip hop and trap music do drugs one time in their lives.While it may be difficult to come to a full conclusion on music’s effect on teenagers‚ it is important to remember that teens have many influences. At any given time‚ a teen is being pulled in many directions. Music is just one of these directions they’re being pulled from. A few music is not made out
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all about rap and I’ll explain to why it’s all a bunch of crap. Word! (ment to be rapped). Rap is not music for the soul. In fact it shreds your soul. Rap does more harm to society than good. Rap in recent and past years made some controversial songs and introduced many controversial topics to songs such as many of the lyrics‚ music and sound as well as the references in the song makes rap so controversial. Rap was introduced around 1970 and became a big sensation in the 1990s. Rap hasn’t really
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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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Teen Gang Violence If I could change the world‚ I would definitely leave out the gang violence. I wonder why teens join gangs. I’ve seen some of my friends join gangs and I wonder why they joined. Did they think they were going to be famous? Did they think everyone was going to know them now and want to invite them to special events? Or did they want to sell drugs on their block and become hood rich? I grew up in the city of Blytheville‚ Arkansas‚ where a lot of kids find trouble. Gangs are becoming
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In the mid 1980’s‚ the music industry was shaken up with the birth of gangster rap. Artists such as Schoolly D and N.W.A produced hits such as "PSK What Does It Mean" and "F**k Tha Police." This new music genre portrayed images of gangs‚ guns‚ violence‚ and sexism‚ yet it was well received and became very popular in the span of just a few years. By the early 1990’s‚ gangster rap had a home at the top of the charts. Some of the artists responsible for this were Dr. Dre and Eazy-E‚ both former members
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VIOLENCE Today all around the world violence is increasing at a high rate. Every single country around the world is affected by some type of violence whether it is Gun/Gang related‚ Domestic‚ Structural‚ Cultural etc. Anyone can be affected by these types of violence. Gang Violence is violence amongst groups of people known as gangs. This happens in cities and other highly populated areas. Domestic Violence is physical or verbal abuse toward a spouse or family member. Structural Violence refers
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Violence gangs and triad society Introduction Violence committed by young people is one of the most visible forms of violence. The ratio of youth is the largest in offending crime of violence‚ the reason is the involvement of triad society’s activities. (車焯堅‚2000) Local scholars have pointed out that‚ all youth gangs is related to triad society‚ the member of youth gangs identify with the subculture of triad society‚ it is easy to involve in crimes. (HKFYG‚ 2000) Due to the tally of youth gang
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Interesting points of view. Prior to understanding who gangs target for violence‚ I believe understanding how and who gangs target for recruitment while assist in that understand. Like any potential victim of violence caused by gang members‚ recruiting new members appears to be the same‚ “a target of opportunity”. Influential kids‚ as young as 10 are targeted to do the gangs biding. These kids are targeted to join gangs‚ because they can easily be manipulated into joining. Provide a child cigarettes
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opinion on youth gangs is the same as I view planting a seed. If you plant a seed in bad soil most likely you’ll grow a defected or bad plant. I say that to say this “if a child is raised in an unstructured household most of the time that child will take his home training outside the home. Then we also have our young kids joining gangs that come from good homes‚ but can’t escape their negative environments once they walk outside their front door. Also some of the youths get involved in gangs looking for
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