Over the years music has become more violent, mostly in rap, and rock and roll. ... An example of how the rap industry has been blamed is a rapper named Ice T. ... Once again the rappers were blamed for the actions of the listeners. ... Tucker fought the rap industry because she believes the rap music today glamorizes black on black crime. ... While she was blaming the violence on the rap industry, the rappers themselves spoke out and began to say that they only rapped about what they knew and saw themselves. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Now in the twenty-first century the major focus of censorship is rap, mainly gangster rap. ... Rap/hip-hop accounted for 11.4% of total sales revenue for that year. ... Sexual lyrics in rap are not the only controversial issues at hand. ... Rap music gives a public voice to urban America, and through their music rap artists can paint a picture of what is going on around them, growing up in poverty. ... Ask yourself, how can rap artists be criticized for making music reflecting upon what is going on around them, like drug use, murder, and other violence? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The movie was very entertaining and it was very interesting to see how different things were about 30 years ago and also to understand how the music I listened to growing up even came to be. ... Rapper and producer of hip hop music Dr. ... (Toop and Fulton) There is no limit on how far violent lyrics can be. ... Rappers such as Dr. ... (Goldstein) The media succeeded in changing the way society viewed gangster rap despite the fact that the rappers were only bringing up real topics that affected real people in the minority. ...

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• Has Bibliography

An androgynous figure dressed al in black, he says " there is no real difference between artists and killers- and describes how the group's album, smells like children, is "about abuse of all sorts."" ... In September 1995, Warner music group bowed to public pressure and announced it was severing its 50% stake in Interscope records; home to Nine inch nails and controversial rap artists Snoop Doggy Dog and Dr. ... Rap artists simply turned to a different distribution of network and their CDs continue to hit the stores with lyrics, which glorify guns, rape and murder. ...

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But how does it get there, you do not go into a store and pick on off the shelf. ... A large part of how someone turns out is due to the family. ... Kids grow up seeing their parents and how they act, or not seeing their parents at all. ... Nature and identity also characterize how the person acts. ... Will they be "neat freaks" or will they not care how they live in their houses. ...

• Word Count: 2277
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

But how does it get there, you do not go into a store and pick on off the shelf. ... A large part of how someone turns out is due to the family. ... Kids grow up seeing their parents and how they act, or not seeing their parents at all. ... Nature and identity also characterize how the person acts. ... Will they be "neat freaks" or will they not care how they live in their houses. ...

• Word Count: 2280
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School