The Influence Of Hip Hop Music On Society

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Music has a great influence in people. There's always that one song you hear and you just want to get up and dance. Well that song just influenced you into dancing. The same is happening in hip hop music today. Hip hop music is influencing teens into bad things and that's why I think Hip hip is ruining society.

If you think about hip hop in the 90's and early 2000's it's wasn't as bas as now. Then they use to talk a out political right and world problems. Look at the song "The Chioce is Yours" by Black Sheep. They speak on behalf of politics of the United States. No doubt people thought it was bad. Everyone has an opinion but it wasn't like today.

In today's music it's not about politics or world problems. It's about sex, drugs and "getting

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