... hiphopanonymous.net). The Sugar Hill Gang was the first rap group to have a song hit the mainstream audience. Their song Rapper's Delight was a lighthearted song with catchy lyrics and beats and was about getting the party started with their words. Soon the message in rap music came to reflect the street life of New ... York and urban areas all over the country. Rap was a way for young ... he knew would be censored, those of him smoking marijuana and wearing clothes with marijuana depicted on it. More recently rapper Eminem's 2000 album had a song on it called "Drug Ballad" which inclu...

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... do they call women by derogatory names, but also they portray women as property and not people. For instance songs like, "Back That Ass Up", "The Thong Song", and "I Like Big Butts" all make women look as though they are nothing to men but sex symbols. Many rappers Make it seem like beating and killing their ... recording his first album he was under the influence of the drug called ecstasy. He claimed he took the drug to bring out his altered ego. Then in the song "Hits from the bong," by Cypress Hill, it describes how to roll and smoke a joint. At the begging of Rapper Master P's album ...

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... Rap isn't just a form of music; it helped create a whole culture called Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop originated from the ghettos of the Bronx in New York City. Break-dancers, graffiti artists, djs, and emcees are all apart of the hip-hop culture. A song called "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar hill Gang was the first rap song ... to go mainstream. There were rap songs before this (1979), but "Rapper's Delight" started the takeover. Many rappers today claim that song is the reason they rap. Rap has come a long way from the ... days of Run-DMC and N.W.A. Yet these groups help start the crazy popularity...

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... see on T.V. and online. As a result of this upcoming teens are seeing is a dominating "rap" culture. For example Nicki Minaj's song 'Anaconda' which hit huge success in the charts. Signed to the dominating rap record label 'YMCMB' she is the flagship in delivering rap to their largest audience young youths. As a result of this the younger generation are growing up ... the ability to change the meanings of words. Though usually used as a hate word or as a means of insult the "Rap" community has changed the word "n*gger" from a derogatory term to a term of endearment. In Drakes ...

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... type of music has been rap. The expansion has been amazing. The rap music craze started in the late 1970's with a group of young African-Americans called the Sugar Hill Gang. Their hit single "Rapper's Delight" tore through the billboard charts, becoming the first rap song to make it to number one ... spot. With this breakthrough, the rap industry was born. More groups of "rappers" sprouted from everywhere in the 1980's, the most famous of which being 2 ... not be taken literally. In fact numerous people can relate to the ideas and opinions of the rap artists. Yet most rap music can be ...

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... messages of sex and violence into the minds of young adults leaving behind their sexist and repetitive influential messages. Music has a very powerful influence on our emotions, moods, and behavior. Rap music influences teenagers negatively by increasing violent attitudes and promoting sexual aggression against women. Very few people would argue the power of music. Mothers use it to rock their babies ... of their association with the black culture. This argument of racism is ridiculous. Clapton's song is about a gun that discharges in a case of self-defense, while Ice-T's song relates t...

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... rest of the decade, single-handedly clearing the way for later acts such as The Sugarhill Gang, whose song, "Rapper's Delight" is considered to be the very first commercial success with a Rap song. The presence of Hip-Hop's popularity continued only to gain momentum well into the 1980's, with the birth ... of such acts as, RUN-DMC, De La Soul, The Beastie Boys, Ice-T, and LL Cool J. RUN-DMC was among the first rap groups to climb the pop ... of the horrors of cocaine. On Grandmaster Flash's hit "White Lines," he details how the drug can ruin a life, and shouts, "Don't do it!" Rap music, ...

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... ease their minds and go on living life. Because the people born in this generation have experienced many of life's hardships much younger than past generations, rap and hip-hop music provide reassurance that troubles will pass. Listening to famous artists who have become successful reminisce about their struggles and difficult times, and ... in those cars are greatly desired in this time, both very expensive. Whether the song is about bros or hoes, or "phat" beats, or Air Force Ones, most born in this generation enjoy listening to the sound of rap and hip-hop music as it blares from thei...

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... actually cause a person to become violent? One theory is with the more accepting and open society in which we now live, rap artists are deliberately singing songs about controversial issues to draw in more listeners. Rappers are "glamorizing" violence and children are unknowingly ... an important factor in the developing identity of a child. Rappers are creating a violent alternate world with their musical lyrics. For example, song lyrics from rap artist Jay-Z, "Ya"ll nervous knowin" them guns on full service, ready to fire. One body, two body, three body, ... four- I"m above the law!" L...

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... the world's problems will remain. A parallel can be drawn between the music of Manson and that of rappers. First, what does society see wrong with rap music? Sex is one concern. American society is petrified by any issue regarding sex and children, so a child listening to music that speaks of sex is ... directly influence(ie. shoot). It is true that many rappers are involved with illegal activities, gang-related and otherwise. Is this because they rap? Of course not. Rappers rap about their lives. Their lives directly shape the music they make. Whether or not they rapped, they would sti...

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... the explicit lyrics in the music. An example of how the rap industry has been blamed is a rapper named Ice T. Who has once fallen under the gun of the critics, because of a song he wrote called "Cop Killa". Not too long after the song was released there were a number of incidents out in Los Angeles ... were police officers being killed, and others who were almost killed. When these people were caught and questioned, a number of them blamed their actions on the song "Cop Killa". But it is not Ice T's fault for these crimes, but the fault of the person committing these crimes against the p...

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... the man wanted by police for questioning" (Creekmur, BET). However, exact details remain unclear. Some believe that the murder was apart of a bitter rap rivalry, and others believe it was a drug deal gone wrong. However, friends and family close to Jay are certainly outraged by any mention of ... murders stemmed from the media's insistency to provide oxygen to the flame of violence within the hip-hop nation. During the mid-nineties a bitter rap rivalry between the west coast and east coast gave way for the media to divide the country into two conflicting sides. Wallace and his recording ...

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... The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, fined a Colorado radio station for airing a "clean" version of one of Eminem's songs. The FCC ruled that the song contained sexual references that were intended to shock a group of people (Boehlert, 2 para.). They have call for a censorship of his music. When Eminem is ... Not only did Elton, an openly bisexual man, celebrate Eminem's prohibited lyrics by singing in the rap star's controversial performance, but he also gave the hero a sympathetic hug on stage at the end of the song. (Doherty 2 para.). There are still many other areas and side...

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... say he should be censored. He has the right to rap about whatever he wishes, because it's his way to expressing his feelings, it's not against the law, and it's the truth. Tupac uses a lot of profanity, and his lyrics are inappropriate for kids. The song "Hit em" Up" starts off with vulgar language and has ... through his music. That's a talent that not many people have. Here is a sample of how he expresses his views towards all the injustices in life. In his song "Changes", he raps about prejudice and all the sick aspects of the world. "I see no changes all I see are racist faces Mispla...

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... beats that other artist will in fact remake or remix them. In some cases they will just use the beats of a song and not the words or chorus at all. This happens a lot in the Hip-Hop or Rap genre where artist such as Doctor Dre, Snoop Dogg, R Kelly, P.Diddy, and Eminem have used the beats to a ... popular 80's song as the beats to a number one rap hit. P.Diddy AKA Puff Daddy was very successful in the early ninety's doing this with such songs as Been Around The World, You Can Hate Me ... Us Down. All of these were top hits for him and all of these also sampled beats from previous songs....

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... in passing the knowledge on. "Yaw'll are being invited and welcomed into a culture that came from a certain people, The History of Hip Hop Rap music originated as a cross-cultural product. Most of its important early practitioners-including Kool Herc, D.J. Hollywood, and Afrika Bambaataa-were either first- or ... by most of the earlier rappers. The backing track for "Rapper's Delight" was supplied by hired studio musicians, who replicated the basic groove of the hit song "Good Times" (1979) by the American disco group Chic. Perceived as novel by many white Americans, "Rapper's Delight" qu...

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... white kids of suburbia and taught them about a whole other world that they could never conceive. Compton. With this came the movement of gangsta rap, with its hard-hitting lyrics, and truthful story telling. In the height of this period, it was evident that the white population bought into ... the hardships of the ghetto, which is what happened with the "conscious" rap sub-genre, which consisted of rappers who rapped about things that actually matter, like the Roots. In this excerpt from their song "Clones", they talk about the subjectivity in modern rappers lyrics: "First of all let .....

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... songs he would play or write. When he is happy he would write a funny or happy song and when he is sad he would write a song to express his bitterness about the subject. Rap or Hip Hop has its roots within African culture and tradition. (http://www.daveyd.com/raphist ... 1.html0 ) Rap has evolved from simple stories to poetry with a beat. But now we see rap evolving into a more negative ... aspect. Rappers have caused listeners to be more superficial. They have degraded themselves into walking advertisements from cars, alcohol, and clothing wear. "I said give me two pair (cause) I need ...

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... white rapper to succeed in what was originally known as a black mans world. Eminem music style is not that of what we know as "Gangsta Rap" but that of lyrical rhymes and life stories told in a beat. Eminem did emerge as the first white rapper to make it big, but his ... the most well-known gangsta rap groups talking about life on the street and crime. Once gangsta rap emerged more and more people started rapping about police brutality and killing people, and with that crime rose to high levels. Causing much controversy over the lyrics and music genre. Another song we can view is that .....

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... discretionary cash. That stereotype, however, is exactly that- a stereotype. In fact hip-hop emerged in 1979 and stepped into the music market with a song called "Rapper's Delight" which makes most of its original followers over the age of 25. The music has since developed into a multi-billion dollar ... didn't take long for marketers and other business people to realize that this was no longer merely a community expression, but a money making venue. Rap is the music, hip-hop is the style, urban is the mindset in this affluent culture. Advertising hip-hop goes well beyond the music being...

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... he turned was a different door being shut in his face. A man with such a disturbing childhood, with no one to reach out to deserves his opportunity to rap to the youth of the world, the life that he had to struggle through, and the message behind his lyrics and success. Eminems goal in life was to ... songs do show some compassion, and love towards things. Off of the Slim Shady LP, the song "Just The Two Of Us" is a rap that he sings to his daughter, telling her how much he loves her. He begins his rap with: "Baby your da-da loves you and I'ma always be here for you no matter ... joki...

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... humidity, and anger got to everyone, and a fight broke out between two guys. Shortly there after, everyone else followed suit, with the angry, explicit rap music still booming in their ears. Police flocked to the scene, and halted the riot, but only after it did enough damage to the concert hall, ... watched, horrified, as they watched their children engage in such mayhem. As the news channels made it a point to say that the show was a rap concert, full of hate lyrics and violence, many parents pondered if the music was to blame. () Did music really have the power to make normally rati...

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... has taken over all other forms of music with its explicit lyrics, erotic music videos and a vivid display of sex and violence. Surprisingly enough, with all its flaws rap and hip-hop forms of music are at its peak. Every bar, club and discotheque have "50 cent", "Jay-Z", "P.Diddy" or "Eminem" songs playing all ... out my closet". Once again this song was a big hit, proving once and again that there are people out there who actually want to hear about murder, violence and rape. As my title suggests the type of language used in some of the rap songs, "Its Bling Bling Biatch". Bling Bling,...

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... Singing several momentous songs that capture the minds and hearts of her listeners, Christina is an inspiration to a countless amount of people. One song that Aguilera wrote is "Can't Hold Us Down" featuring rap artist Lil" Kim. Many of Christina's songs have a lot of meaning, but "Can't Hold Us Down" bay far has affected ... women of all ages in more ways than one. This song was recorded on her fourth released CD, "stripped." Her CD "Stripped" is ... him know that his game is whack, and Lil" Kim and Christina Aguilera got your back." In Lil" Kim's thirty-second verse of Christina Aguile...

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... . The assumed leaders were Tupac Shakur representing the west and the Notorious B.I.G. headed the east coast. During the war, the only time that rap was mentioned in the news was to tell about someone getting shot or words that had been exchanged between the two sides. All a person ... Combs was subsequently charged with illegal weapons possession and bribery"(620). Nordlinger states that "A lot of people were interested in the Sean Combs trial: fans of rap music; celebrity-watchers; connoisseurs of popular culture"(619). These are only a couple examples of how the media often hype the vi...

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