... is that references to the song "12- by the group Insane Clown Posse were also made in a letter attributed to Eric Harris. The music of Marilyn Manson is believed partly responsible for the December 12, 1996 suicide death of Richard Kuntz a Burlington, North Dakota teenager who was listening ... on "Marilyn Manson."" Ms. Hilary Rosen, President and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America confides that "The most controversial lyrics in popular music reflect the violence and despair in an artists imagination or in society but they reflect it "they don't create it."" Elsewhere i...

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... practices that are unhealthy, unethical, and illegal. The negative images that these songs portray have a negative affect on the people that listen to them. Music today can sometimes be considered an indirect reason for some of the bad things that go on in the world today, for example the Columbine school ... , which is basically a whole bunch of people beating each other up. Popular music has lost the element of fun which it always had before. One great example of how music has changed so greatly is in the rap by the artist Eminem titled Words are Weapons. In the song Eminem sings of ......

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... stage and their albums have been banned from stores. I think differently because of how the censorship bureau has taken extreme efforts to ban hip-hop music and the distribution of it. "How can covering children's ears solve serious social problems like violent crime, racism, or suicide? If suppressing creative ... Most of the early problems with censorship were in the early 1950's. The 90's are the most controversial decade dealing with the censorship of music. The rap group "2 Live Crew" was the target for the censorship bureau in the time. The groups lyrics weren't as violent, but mo...

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... and manipulated the minds of young listeners everywhere. During the 80's, punk bands began to take over the music scene. The media then directed the blame towards the new artists. In 1988, rap was invented. The media also changed their views on who to blame. They broadcast several stories on ... the news, on how new age music was affecting the lives of the next generation. Soon blame was put on the African American rap artists, believing that they were poisoning today's youth. Rap music ... was becoming known as a bleak way for someone to express themselves, labeling rap as the newest r...

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... the news about teenagers committing suicide or hate crimes due to certain song lyrics among the rap and rock genres. Many rappers do not serve as good role models for the children that listen to their music. For example, Tupac Shakur, who was sentenced to jail for 30 days for the ... failed attempt of hitting a man with a baseball bat during a concert, or Ice Cube, who killed a man at a bowling alley, these two men are very popular among the rap community and countless ... through parents complaining about the lyrics. Even "negative" publicity such as this help propel musicians and the...

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... do that. The media and the movies are not the only things that seem to give people the wrong impression. The music business is something that always gets a bad rap. A lot of the music out is about people's real life, or something they feel like they have to create a fantasy world because their life ... is or was really bad. Gangsta rap is the genera of music that catches the most flack about how violent it is. The things ... that these songs are about are real life to these people and how they still live. Most rap music is about the problems is urban environments. There is not much new...

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... some stupid excuse, saying movies and singers provoked their children. In my opinion, I listen to all sorts of music especially rap, but I never act upon the lyrics. Before I turned twenty-one I drank alcohol. In a lot of the rap songs they always talk about drinking and that sort of stuff. But I drank because I wanted to, I liked ... party. Our group never was caught but if we were to, would we blame it on a rap video we saw? No way, it's unbelieveable how irresponsible some people are. If a kid does act upon a movie or music video then they have some real problems. In a Rollin Stones M...

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... liftin you 10 feet).. in the air I don't care who is there and who saw me just jaw you The twins, Leila and Sara, listen to music similar to this on a regular basis. If you were to meet these individuals, you would know that they are anything but violent in nature. Personally, I' ... violence among teenagers in schools. Sadly, most students listen to the same exact music and the same artists repeatedly. It is safe to say that most adolescents listen either to rap or rock. If so many are listening to this music that affects your behavior, why are so little people having outbursts? If look...

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... farther, until anything goes rules and censors no longer exist. It's a fact that the things that are accepted and tolerated as far as the music industries censor standards are not what they have been in the past. The things that artists wouldn't dream about saying for the public to hear a ... murder? Apparently not since that has already been the case in more than one instance, but why? Is music capable of driving someone to kill? Could the lyrics of a rock band or rap group really give a person all the elements needed to step over the edge, past the point of rational ... thinking and ...

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... far back as the 1960s, it first became a major controversy in the 1980s, with the introduction of rap and heavy metal music. Many parents were concerned that these two forms of music were corrupting their children's minds with their lyrics which often had overt violent, sexual, and occult themes, ... musician John Denver, and Dee Snider, lead singer of the hair-metal band Twisted Sister. Unlike Zappa and Denver, Snider's music was actually among the music in question. These infamous hearings eventually resulted in the implementation of warning labels called parental advisories on tapes an...

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... exposed to over mass media often have other factors influencing their decision to do so. The Colorado school shootings were mostly blamed on Marilyn Manson for his controversial three-minute music videos involving a school shooting, not the years of abuse the children received from their peers for not participating in their social trends. It is possible for one's views to be ... be it, though why must censorship exist for everyone? Today's technology allows one to censor their own personal televisions so that they can only access certain stations. As far as music, books, and other forms...

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