Violence is a large aspect of the Hip-Hop culture that many people look down upon it for. Originally, Hip Hop was formed to escape the violent nature of the cities through connecting people in an artistic way. Violence was not created from Hip Hop, but rather Hip Hop was created as a way to deal with the violence. It allowed the youth of the city to express what was really going on in these areas of social distress.…
In his book How To Slowly Kill yourself and Others in America, Kiese Laymon uses very specific, detailed allusions as a hidden tool to add to the experience of the reader and various aspects of his argument . All of Laymon 's essays in this book are packed full of Allusion, but they all have different effects. Throughout this book, Laymon uses Allusions to connect with the reader, add a dark side to his essays, remind the reader of past greats, provide second opinions, and build his credibility. Overall Laymon choses to uses these allusions in his work not only because they connect the reader to the story through the recognition of places, people and events, but they also because they each work on distinctive aspects of Laymon 's argument through the…
Therefore, this song is a great example of how rap can work to encourage violence and brutality…
Does Rap Have A Negative Heavy Influence On Our Youth Today? Many people believe that rap music and lyrics are infused with both misogynistic and violence glorifying ideologies. This very mentality is often expressed through displaying what others, along with author Gretchen Cundiff view as prevalent negative aspects that are presented within the popular genre. This principle is heavily expressed throughout the analyzation of Gretchen Cundiff’s article titled “The Influence of Rap and Hip-Hop Music: An Analysis on Audience Perceptions of Misogynistic Lyrics.”…
In the article “ Rockers, Rappers and freedom of speech” by José Peréz explores songs and their violent lyrics. He explains that some songs have violent, sexist lyrics and that’s detrimental especially for teenagers. Some parents have opposed to this obscene music because they think it affects the way teens act. Also, they wanted music to be banned it. But is this right?…
Juan Williams’ “Songs of the Summer of 1963….and 2013” compares popular music from the sixties, with connections to the civil rights struggle, to in his own words, “malignant, self-aggrandizing rap songs that define today's most popular music.” In this subject to subject, or side by side, essay Mr. Williams talks about the music of the civil rights era, the artists who created it and its interracial effect from inception to present day. Then in a rather brief synopsis Williams expouses his belief that contemporary rap is inhibiting racial relations progress and sites examples of current violent, misogynistic and hate filled rap music and its artists. I chose this comparison essay because I believe it is a poor essay example of this type as the connections between the eras of music are tenuous at best, at least in the way the author seems to be expressing them. I am not a rap music fan, and I’m certainly not defending the negative effects on society some rap music may have, but to compare the many inspirational songs of the civil rights era to a current genre of music because it is dominated by…
When Anthony Elonis’s wife divorced him and left with their kids, he began to write and produce songs to express how he felt about what he was going through. He wrote,“There’s one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you… I’m not going to rest until your body is a mess soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts.” Elonis was doing what many people do when they are going through a tough time, finding a safe outlet such as writing.…
In the article “Rap Music and Its Violent Progeny: America's Culture of Violence in Context” written by Jeanita W. Richardson and Kim A. Scott, the authors search to see if rap music is causing an increase of violence amongst its listeners. The authors observe music from a more hypothetical angle and the essence of rap music. It is addressed that contents of rap music during the time of the study was largely the honest confessions of the artists; from financial status and police…
Hip Hop and rap music has a careless and reckless message to party, and become violent and…
Violence has become one of the most occurring social problems that Americans face in society. It is a frightening topic within itself, and there is always talk about ending or lessening it, but somehow it never seems to stop. Violence is one of the significant contributors to deaths that occur in the United States each year. Robert Kennedy once asked, "What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created?".…
Furthermore, much of these rappers would not be rapping, and spreading awareness of the high violence rate, if Chicago were the least violent; the point being that, music is a cultural and societal response to systematic problems in our modern society. Intriguingly, this is the case in a lot of music throughout history, such as gospel, 90’s hip-hop, and folk music, all addressing flaws in society in some…
Dismally, I do have to disagree with such minimal acclamations as there is not enough evidence to conclude that hip hop encourages violence and that the stories and rhymes in rap music are not the primary source to blame. Without further ado, I hereby agree with Tricia Rose’s statement that hip hop does not cause violence. Tricia Rose profoundly outlines the injustices, discriminations, and stereotypes that African Americans experienced. She conveys two main solutions which is includes the following: One solution is to take this matter into consideration and initially express these concerns to black youth and the legitimate violence they face in a form of social change. And the second…
Morrison states, “Marketing messages of hate and violence to children sends the signal that violence is widespread and normal, that it is acceptable to abuse women, and that there is glamour in lawlessness” (Morrison). Teens are listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community because it links to racism, violence, and misogyny ” (McWhorter). In “Rap Music and Rap Audiences,” it states that “many scholars note that some rap lyrics attempt to objectify, devalue, or subjugate African American women through insults and name calling” (Dixon).…
In regard, rap artists are sending out a negative message to youth. Among the many youth and negative lyrics in rap music, rap artists remain an influence on youth education. Many youth are starting to come up without a decent education, because youth are dropping out of school to pursue a rap careers (Toms, 2006, p2). Youth want to become rap artist, so they can live a thug lifestyle, in order to have the lavish women, expensive cars, and money. Communities, generation and legacies are suffering because of the negative visualizations that producers and record companies are promoting to rap artist, along with BET and MTV broadcasting their videos (Toms, 2006,…
It can also either influence or corrupt the minds and behavior of the young just by the use of words in a song. There is a large variety of music in the world of popular culture, and so that also includes many influences. In Rap and Hip-Hop, there are so many influences from good to bad. A lot of the music in this genre like condoning drugs, alcohol, bad behavior, and demeaning woman. In Eminem’s song Spacebound, he talks about falling in love with someone and after a while she doesn’t want him…