... . Many musical artists have found themselves being praised and identified as role models for the youth. However, when Caucasian rapper, Marshall Mathers, a.k.a Eminem, emerged from the slums of his Detroit home, he managed to stir more controversy with his lyrics than most people were ready to cope with. Eminem's lyrics made him "public enemy number one" when he openly rapped about ... critics, who believe that Eminem is only striving to corrupt the youth while gaining profits from his profane style. Being no stranger to low self-esteem and coming from a broken home himself, Eminem's lyr...

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... Posse encourage kids to take drugs, drink alcohol, kill people, and have pre-marital sex. Songs such as "It's my way or the highway" encourage kids to run away from home, they emphasize too heavily on the wrongfulness of parents and independence for teenagers. The two boys who were behind the Columbine shootings were said to be avid fans of industrial ... to, "throw a little fit, slit your teenage wrist, the most that you can learn, is in the records that you burn." It is not only the rock community that is home to dozens of musicians writing and recording songs with explicit lyrics suc...

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... , due to the rise in modern technology, we can play such entertainment in our own homes. The concept of private mobilisation allows these medias to be played in our own home and as bi-product causes problems of censorship and how to control the youth and what they watch or listen to. This has caused for censorship groups such as Calvin ... ...

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