Parents are so preoccupied with providing for the family that they do not sit with their children and discuss anything the kids never learn how to communicate and accept others criticism. ... So the children never really learn how to communicate their felling on events that have happened throughout the day. ... Rap artists like Gannets Nip rap about bloody guts and fingers. He raps about putting needles in a Butterfinger on Halloween. He raps about how before the fame when he uses to beat people down in parking lots. ...

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The Detroit rapper, known as Eminem, has stolen the hearts and ears of a generation. ... With their rational, Eminem tells a story about how a teenager drives off a bridge; children will obviously start driving off bridges. ... Marshall Mather's success has not been because of how he raps, that he is white, or by his explicit use of the English language. ... He raps about being bullied, experimenting with drugs, and girlfriend/marital problems. ... Eminem, however, is the first white rapper to use those lyrics, successfully. ...

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I will discuss about music lyrics and music videos and how these create an impact on youths over the decades. ... "Gangsta rap" music is another type of music that has been very influential over the years. ... Studies have shown that exposure to rap music "tends to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of the use of violence... "[4] We can also see in the media that some rap artists are being arrested for violent crimes in real life. ... In 1998, a "study of 518 music videos from 4 popular music video networks, contained almost 15% of interpersonal violence, with an average of 6 violent acts p...

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Music now in days especially RAP is censured very strictly because of their lyrics, and by what their lyrics can promote. Its true rap artists now in days use a great deal of obscenities, violence and foul language in their lyrics that can create censorship. ... The reason I feel this way is because the artist might promote the use of drugs, violence, sex, and hatred to other ethnicities in their lyrics, but it all comes down to how the individual thinks, acts and basically how capable he or she is in distinguishing right from wrong. ...

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If music's purpose is to invoke emotions in the listener, then rapper Eminem has not only discovered this purpose but has utilized the power of music itself to convey his most agonizing traumas. ... 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 murders and bad mouthed other artists in the music business. ... Experiencing the same kind of oppressi...

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It has been said that how you are raised can affect the person you become. ... Tupac Shakur was a rap artist whose music frequently involved profanity and killing. ... How do they get these guns you might ask? ...

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