Throughout time, all genres of music have changed drastically. As music changes, the audience does as well. In a modern society, music is heavily influential and can mold the listeners’ perspective. This can be an issue when the content of the music is morally questionable. Rap music mainly talks about violence and the struggles of being from the “hood”. Rap music has become violent, controversial, unoriginal and possibly a negative influence on adolescents. Artist like Biggie Smalls, Tupac, and Eazy-E came from a rough childhood. These three legendary rap artists all grew up surrounded by drugs, addicts, and violence. Biggie Smalls is from a small town in Brooklyn, New York called Bedford-Stuyvesant. Biggie once said, “Hustlers were my heroes”. Tupac moved around
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Music is well-known to connect deeply with adolescents and to influence identity development, perhaps more than any other entertainment medium. (Pope)
There are several of studies trying to find out if rap music influences adolescent’s actions and behaviors. In one article it is said that rap music is “strikingly negative”. It expresses how the media perceives rap music as lack of knowledge towards their complex culture. It also shows statistics of how rap music provokes violent behavior. This phenomenon is so widespread there is not a precise answer as to whether or not rap music is negatively affecting adolescences. The debate is a common conversation that ties in with the crime that is currently going on. “You can hear about sex on a gangster rap album, but you can see the actions at the movie theater.” Anthony M. Giovacchini. What he means, is that it is not gangster rap influencing people, it’s the media. There is an online poll that asks, “Is Rap Music real Music?” Forty-two of the people who took the poll said yes and fifty-eight said
Music is well-known to connect deeply with adolescents and to influence identity development, perhaps more than any other entertainment medium. (Pope)
There are several of studies trying to find out if rap music influences adolescent’s actions and behaviors. In one article it is said that rap music is “strikingly negative”. It expresses how the media perceives rap music as lack of knowledge towards their complex culture. It also shows statistics of how rap music provokes violent behavior. This phenomenon is so widespread there is not a precise answer as to whether or not rap music is negatively affecting adolescences. The debate is a common conversation that ties in with the crime that is currently going on. “You can hear about sex on a gangster rap album, but you can see the actions at the movie theater.” Anthony M. Giovacchini. What he means, is that it is not gangster rap influencing people, it’s the media. There is an online poll that asks, “Is Rap Music real Music?” Forty-two of the people who took the poll said yes and fifty-eight said