Rap Music and Violence The issue of whether rap music contributes to violent crime is a continual debate here in America. ... My own opinion on this matter is that rap songs that contain violence to an extreme degree are wrong and immoral. ... When many children listen to this kind of music they think that what is being said in the songs is not wrong or against the law. The lyrics in many songs contain violent and explicit lyrics that usually talk about killing someone along with sounds of gunshots in the background. ... If the whole album is about death, violence, misogyny and drugs excep...

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The biggest story to date in the hip-hop world was the feud that went on between the east coast rappers and west coast rappers. ... People went out and bought the records because they were curious to hear what the rappers' songs were about. The newest hip hop superstar is a rapper by the name 50 Cent. ... Most rapper now days are supplementing their lack of a talent and song writing ability with a huge amount of violence. ... Once we become desensitized to what they are saying the media and the artists must raise the level of violence in their news stories and song lyrics to arous...

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These are words from Tupac, an American actor, dancer, poet, and rap icon. ... "Hit Em' Up" was major for the rap community because Tupac, as one of the pinnacles of rap in the 1990's, was not expected to say and claim most of the thing he did. ... However, the track was extremely successful, landing him a number 2 spot on Complex magazine's "Top 50 Best Diss Songs" (Barber "Top 50 Best Diss Songs"). ... Another song from All Eyez on Me entitled "All Eyez on Me". ... That's what makes Tupac the most successful rappers of the late 1990...

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Already this has given Biggie the image of a gangster and not a rapper. ... He fails to mention that the reason Biggie sold drugs was to support his daughter as he cites in his song "Juicy" off the album Ready to Die. He also refers to negative songs on Biggie's album such as "Who Shot Ya". He does not refer to any of the positive songs like "Skies the Limit" which was dedicated two Biggie's young children. ... This gives the image of Biggie being an entertainer and a rapper. ...

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Rap is exactly the opposite. ... In 1979, rap had its first hit single with the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight." ... Along with rap come many sub-types of rap. ... Varying in many different styles, country songs are now about love, heartbreak, good times, friends, fishing, and other situations common people can relate too. ... Rap derived in the inner city. ...

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Tupac Shakur, also known as Lesean Crooks, is a well known rap artist that (the police say) was supposedly gunned down, back in 1996, by former best friend Notorious B.I.G. ... The two rappers had been fighting for several years over a particular incident (East Coast vs. ... Her hit song, "No Means No- is a pathetic excuse for a song. ... In this song, I see none. ... This song has been reviewed as a terrible, annoying and pointless song. ...

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When someone thinks about rap music and how it all started one person comes to mind as the man who put it all together. Tupac Shakur was not only a rapper, He took rap music to a whole new level and would talk about issues that reflected off him and his family. ... He featured on a few songs and on their EP which then led to him making his first album '2Pacalypse Now'. This album created controversy like no rapper had before. ... He never let one of his situations break him police would do something to him it wouldn't make him mad he would just make a song about what happened ...

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Dre and Eazy E were the rappers of the moment. ... West Coast rappers were upset that they weren't 100% in the spotlight so they started to slam East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn't top the West Coast. ... West rapper Tupac Shakur had a personal problem with East rap mogul The Notorious B.I.G aka Christopher Wallace. ... In one song Tupac claimed to have slept with Biggie's wife and the Notorious B.I.G. retaliated in his music by snapping back, offering threats on the lives of people that call him out. ... Rappers should be just rappe...

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" Tupac was also fascinated with poetry which was the base of his rap lyrics. ... Many of his songs tell stories about gangs, violence, and racism. ... Shakur often rapped about an early death in many of his songs which is as if he knew it was coming to him. ... During Shakur's career, he became involved in a feud between East Coast and West Coast rappers. He was known to insult rappers from the distant side on his music and the other side did the same. ...

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But to people deeply involved in today's rap music and hip-hop world, these are the reasons why two of the rap worlds biggest influences are dead (Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls), sparking a long stemming feud between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Entertainment. ... Smalls and Shakur argued which coast supported better rappers and which record label was superior. ... Considered a traitorous act by Smalls, this started such a rivalry between both rappers, that it ended their friendship. The two entertainers then took to ridiculing each other in public events and in their songs. In one s...

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Look no further than artists such as Carman, who produced a song titled "The Resurrection Rap" in 1993. The beat was horrible and the lyrics, while they may have been trying to send a good message, are made impossible to listen to by both their cheesiness and the terrible rapping job. ... He is most widely remembered for a song about his Mtn. ... He enjoyed some success as a rapper, but most of his recognition was limited to the Christian music industry. ... When guys like Lecrae rap about their past lives before Christ, unbelievers see someone they can relate to. ...

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My favorite part 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. ... You don't even have to be a big rap fan to enjoy it. ... In the song Keep Ya Head Up, Tupac is saying that no matter how bad the situation we must always keep out head up and don't let things keep us down. ...

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In this song he defends women in the face of abandonment, beating, rape, and government neglect. He makes a song with the same name as Maya's poem (Still I Rise). ... In another song he was talking about the changes that should be made in order to destroy the wall of racism in the society. ... As a rapper and movie star he lives what he described as "Thug Life" - a life of rebellion. ...

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