Many people think that rap music is making kids more violent. They think that rap music is just a glorification of violence. All rap music is doing is to show how horrible and inhuman life is in the ghettos across the country. This is what's really happening out there. It's not fake.

“Gangster Rappers… have been harassed time and time again by critics for their explicit lyrics and glorified ways of rapping about their lives as gangsters” (Quiroz 1). Rappers have a freedom to speak what they want. Although many rappers have blunt language and use rude statements, they use the language most commonly used by their peers in the metropolitan cities, but “…often being misunderstood, gangster rappers have been blamed for glorifying the gangster way of life”(Quiroz 1).

“A lot of past violence has been spurred by the huge entourages the groups usually travel with” (Margasak 2). Some believe that “…moralists have criticized gangsta rap for promoting violence, but artistically speaking it has a bigger problem…” (Margasak 1). The question still remains, “Is rap a violent form of entertainment, or isn’t it?’

In a past report, “During the course of th

Does music have an influence on violence or is it just rap? This isn't the first time rap has been blamed for such violent crimes. Think back to other events that involve youth and violence. If the news could link it to rap in even the most remote chance, they would. This claiming, reports indicating that kids listening to hip hop are in effect embracing the violent habits, attitude and language that come with it. It’s easy for them to produce a report about rap, knowing the general public of adults would easily accept it.

In recent times we try to realize what causes violence. Many studies have concluded that it is the influence upon us that causes us to react the way we do. Even if this is true many believe otherwise. Keith Clinkscales stresses, “Rap music has helped soothe racial and cultural divides and that’s a wonderful thing in a country with as strong of race problems as this one…anything that helps build bridges and smooth divides should be encouraged and not vilified” (Stateman 5). Dr. James Johnson disagrees. “Violence is the No.1 killer of black males today…gangsta rap confirms negative impressions of rap music…the last thing black males need is to be exposed to a genre of music that says the way to resolve conflicts is with violence” (Stateman 3).

Do these news broadcasters realize that not all rap is about violence, and that their generalization on our culture affects so many artists that haven't spoken a word about guns or violence in their album? Even the lyrics that are violent, or that promote violence in the worst case scenario, are they to blame? Or is it the uneasy kid, listening to rap, the blame for the violent act they committed, or was it performed because of his own conscience?

It shouldn’t take death to stop violence, and we shouldn’t put all of America’s problems on one generalization. I don’t believe rap is a violent form of entertainment. Rap is no

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