Although rap is considered music, Wynn, unfortunately fails to state how rap is promoting more violence in the youth. According to Wynn, “So, since it walks, quacks, swims, and eats like a duck…” (Wynn 1). Wynn provides a good point to the argument that rap is music. Rap has an addicting flow. The way the rappers use phonemic awareness in songs is unmatched. If it has the characteristics of music, it must be music. Wynn also says, “Rap, like the bebop insurgency in jazz, represents a new synthesis of art and life” (Wynn 1). Artists rap to express their lives to their audiences. There are many genres of music. Everyone will not have the same opinion. The definition of music is solely up to the listener. However, to present why rap could not be considered a genre is fine. When listening to rap, the lyrics may be smashed together. This will cause the
Although rap is considered music, Wynn, unfortunately fails to state how rap is promoting more violence in the youth. According to Wynn, “So, since it walks, quacks, swims, and eats like a duck…” (Wynn 1). Wynn provides a good point to the argument that rap is music. Rap has an addicting flow. The way the rappers use phonemic awareness in songs is unmatched. If it has the characteristics of music, it must be music. Wynn also says, “Rap, like the bebop insurgency in jazz, represents a new synthesis of art and life” (Wynn 1). Artists rap to express their lives to their audiences. There are many genres of music. Everyone will not have the same opinion. The definition of music is solely up to the listener. However, to present why rap could not be considered a genre is fine. When listening to rap, the lyrics may be smashed together. This will cause the