Argumentative Essay: Harmful Rap Music

Harmful Music Lyrics When turning on the radio, it’s very common to hear a song talking about sex or illegal substances. Although the radio edits the songs, people can still understand the message of the music. There have been debates and laws put in place to make lyrics safer, but is that enough? Some believe music lyrics help kids express their struggles and experiences. Many teens are worried that their freedom of speech is being violated. On the other hand, parents of these kids are worried that these influential words will eventually lead to violence, and having their kids get into trouble or even worse, dead. The lyrics of today’s rap music harms kids by making the gang life seem fun, influences sexual behavior, and teaches them that …show more content…
He says rap music is harmful and dangerous when carried out. When he was younger he lived in a very poor community, so music was their only influence. He wanted to be like all the gang members he heard about in music. He listened to N.W.A. and became a gang member like the rappers were. His best friend was also a gang member, and eventually got shot and killed at age nineteen. The man ‘woke up’ and turned his life around. Today he still blames music for his friends death(. The man opened up a boxing club to help kids who are in the situation he was once in. He checks on his kids’ grades and and checks in with them to make sure their life is going …show more content…
While that may be a way they cope with what their going through, does the hateful music actually help them? Music with a positive message could help teens with their feelings in a positive manner. In a recent study, they found that teens acted better towards their peers when they listened to positive music (Walker). While the people who listened to hateful music acted rudely to their peers. They then had them react to certain situations. The kids who listened to positive music responded more quickly to help someone in need, than the kids who listened to hateful music. Across the world, music helps people find a peer group that identifies with themselves. Rap music helps express the struggles of black experiences. The lyrics of rap music helps them cope with their pasts. Some of the most famous black rappers came from an awful background. A lot of the lyrics in these songs, are things rappers dealt with growing up. Crime isn’t justified by having an awful past, but these experiences can ‘hit home’ to some young black people going through the same thing. These rappers are trying to get the struggles of the black community to be