I became aware of this topic because I listen to rap music. I own 20 rap CD’s. I became concerned about rap lyrics bad influence when Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG were murdered in the middle of the 1990’s. Will Smith is also my favorite rap artist, because he does not use profanity and violence in his lyrics. According to Smith, “Good rap does not have to be vulgar” (qtd. in “Fresh Prince” 17A). I am also interested in learning the effects of unclean rap lyrics on today’s youth.

There needs to be further investigation on this, because this important subject seems to have some how faded over the past five to ten years. According to Terry Teachout, “the actual content of rap, nobody talks about it much anymore-it seems far, far longer then seven years ago that Bill Clinton made political hay by attacking S

The conclusions I will come to through gathering info, I can come up with the effects of crude rap lyrics on our youth. I can see how much of a good role model Will Smith is with his positive lyrics. By viewing the examples of famous rap artist’s deaths, I can show the dangerous, violent ways of life some rap artists sing about in their lyrics, and prove the dangers of living out those lyrics to our youth. “They [rap artists] want their lyrics to reflect the lives they witness. Some of them live the lives they rap about” (“More-Responsible” 20).

feelings of hate and rage are still reserved for his mother. Since his breathtaking

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