Opinion Essay On Rap And Violence

Many people now a days have made rap to be responsible for all the violence in the youth of society today. I agree with Becky Blanchard when she proves that rap does not cause controversy especially since I can see where she is getting her points and evidence from. I believe that rap is not the only reason for controversy because there is poverty and many other smaller aspects that can lead to the violence today. Many believe rap is the main cause of violence along with other disturbances and I have to agree to a certain extent. I believe that no song of any artist is meant to cause any kind of trouble or problems other than those songs where the artist intentionally put lyric to the throats of another group or individual. Before rap was an actual concept slaves would use …show more content…
I have also seen the big transition between rap from years ago to now and I can see how many people would put rap to blame, but it shouldn’t be the main focus point. Many problems start at home with domestic violence and child neglect making the youth grow to have much pent up anger which is released in some of the most violent acts we see today. Other cases might be a mental instability but that is another story. No matter the problem in someone’s life they know right from wrong and they know a song is just a song not meant to be put to action. If it is put to some use in a negative form then that person just wanted to find an excuse or incentive to go through with what they had planned before. Todays rappers and youth will never know the true meaning of rap since it has been so disfigured from its true beauty. In today’s rap the main focus is to be rich, have no regard for anyone else’s life but your own and in some cases sexual actions are acceptable even in public (shown in some music