... 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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... 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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... 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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... charges. Snoop did not pull the trigger, his bodyguard did. The shooting was ruled out of self defense. Snoop received lots of criticism from anti-rap activists and media relating his lyrics as a gangsta rapper to his trial. David Kenner, Snoop's attorney, said, "Snoop was perceived negatively, and we ... It's not what I'm about anymore. This is nothing cool, nothing fun, nothing to laugh about. This is stressful" (Leland). The violent events surrounding gangster rap have little or nothing to do with the lyrics. There have been countless incidents with musicians and the law. Kurt Cobain,...

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... & Rap? An idea believed by many people is that music has a significant effect on the way people think. Professional psychologists say that the lyrics used in music today has a brain-washing effect. This brain-washing effect is supposed to make the listener become so overwhelmed with the lyrics of the song that ... the person feels that it's a must to act on what was heard. It doesn't matter if what they do is accepted or not. It is common to believe that the type of music that provides unacceptable content is rap (hip-hop) music, or ... This statement, as well as music that refers to wom...

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... & Rap? An idea believed by many people is that music has a significant effect on the way people think. Professional psychologists say that the lyrics used in music today has a brain-washing effect. This brain-washing effect is supposed to make the listener become so overwhelmed with the lyrics of the song that ... the person feels that it's a must to act on what was heard. It doesn't matter if what they do is accepted or not. It is common to believe that the type of music that provides unacceptable content is rap (hip-hop) music, or ... This statement, as well as music that refers to wom...

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... I want to see you layin' in a coffin, sir," from The Chronic and "F--- the police," from N.W.A., are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that was being ... along with sounds of gunshots in the background. It is also music that refers to women as "bitches," "whores" and sex-dispensing "hos"(Saunders B29). "Gangsta rap " has been criticized and debated over for its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. "If you don't give a ...

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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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... . 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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... they are so easily influenced, it is easy for these teens to think that it is okay for them to imitate these musicians' behavior. The Rap/Rock group The Beastie Boys tell their fans not to trust anyone because everybody lies except for them. They also sing about how parents only tell ... from them, and doing many things that they feel they should have the "right- to do when in all actuality these activities are harmful. Many Rap and Rock music teenage fans want to be just like their favorite bands and even go so far as to actually imitate some of the detrimental behavior ... , in turn, ...

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... of the entire film was the part where it talked about Tupac Shakur because not only is he my topic but I feel that he is by far the most influential rap artist. I found this documentary to be extremely fascinating and well done. It seems to stick with the facts for the most part, instead of reverting to a bunch of conspiracy theories ... documentary. Filled with things we had known all along and things we never knew, this is a documentary worth watching over and over again. You don't even have to be a big rap fan to enjoy it. If you know enough about the record label's history and you a...

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