... see monkey do idea comes into play and that the African American youth watch the violence in music videos and repeatedly hear they violet lyrics in rap songs and this causes them to become violent. If young people think that it is ok for rappers to act out in criminal ways they will ... culture The heavy beat, incessant scratching, aggressive delivery and lyrical story line present a message of anger and frustration from urban existence."(613) Many of these rap artist have grown up in poverty and with the fear of being shot to death. Almost five percent of black males in urban America wi...

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... creating a radical attitude and that ideology reflected in their music videos. Big baggy pants and shirts, snap backs and bandanas were covered all over rap videos and each particular item sent out a unique message to the impressionable youth. As well, the language they used in these videos gave us new ... steam in its ability to produce results when paired with existing clothing and apparel lines as well is in creating its own. A perfect example of Rap's ability to sell came in 1999 when Tommy Hilfiger reported a significant increase in annual sales after tailoring their line for "the ...

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... messages of sex and violence into the minds of young adults leaving behind their sexist and repetitive influential messages. Music has a very powerful influence on our emotions, moods, and behavior. Rap music influences teenagers negatively by increasing violent attitudes and promoting sexual aggression against women. Very few people would argue the power of music. Mothers use it to rock their babies ... a gun that discharges in a case of self-defense, while Ice-T's song relates to the deliberate killing of cops at random. Which one advertises indiscriminate violence? When teenagers are...

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... and over actually cause a person to become violent? One theory is with the more accepting and open society in which we now live, rap artists are deliberately singing songs about controversial issues to draw in more listeners. Rappers are "glamorizing" violence and children are unknowingly being desensitized ... important factor in the developing identity of a child. Rappers are creating a violent alternate world with their musical lyrics. For example, song lyrics from rap artist Jay-Z, "Ya"ll nervous knowin" them guns on full service, ready to fire. One body, two body, three body, four- I...

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... times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music, they fill paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing, guns, marijuana, lots of gold, and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they don`t want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way ... Rap music is advertised in the US, I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parents point ... from, and thats who they are. Their music represents their area and their people, and its no different from a farmer singing ab...

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... , marijuana, lots of gold, and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they dont want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US, I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parents point ... from, and thats who they are. Their music represents their area and their people, and its no different from a farmer singing about his cows and chickens in Idaho. Besides, Gangster Rap isn t the only type of Hip Hop music, its actually only a small ...

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... way or convince them to do things that would be considered wrong in today's society. The youth in today's society have a language all of their own. Rap music has a tendency to bring new and inappropriate words or phrases to the mouths of our children, pre-teens, and even teenagers. The beats to these ... spend listening to this horrific music go to waste. We can easily say that our society would be much healthier and less violent if we didn't have rap music. With artists like Eminem singing lyrics like "But I"m not like you I didn't slit her throat, I just tied her up and put her in ......

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... the first white rapper to succeed in what was originally known as a black mans world. Eminem music style is not that of what we know as "Gangsta Rap" but that of lyrical rhymes and life stories told in a beat. Eminem did emerge as the first white rapper to make it big, but his style is ... not that of typical black rap. N.W.A. (Niggaz Wit Attitude) are one of the most well-known gangsta rap groups talking about life on the street and crime. Once gangsta rap emerged more and more people started rapping about police brutality and killing people, and with that ... we can view is that of Ic...

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... for anyone to use. One didn't need to be wealthy or have expensive resources to rhyme, it was something that could be practiced anywhere and perfected. Rap also became popular because it offered unlimited challenges. There was no real set of rules to rapping other than being original and rhyming to the beat of music ... . The possibilities were endless, one could rap about an important topic such as racism or about something fun like playing a sport. People became so good at rapping that they received as much praise as ... about being poor and trying to get out of the life they had. Ho...

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... center of controversy before for many of his songs and his explicit lyrics. As one student puts it, "Eminem became the next hit in rap in 1999 with extremely violent and shocking lyrics that included descriptions of raping and killing his ex-wife and vicious slurs against homosexuals." (Taking, ... the audiences liking. The winner is voted on by the audience. Lose Yourself is based on B-Rabbit preparing for, participating in and winning a rap battle. Anyone can relate to this song since it is about an underdog succeeding at what he set out to accomplish: STUN THE WORLD! The ... opp...

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... would constantly get robbed. Eminems uncle committed suicide after his girlfriend broke up with him. Eminems only escape from his miserable life was to turn to drugs and rap. Eminem was a youth in America going nowhere fast. At the age of 18 he began rapping, and sending in self made cassettes of his work to ... he turned was a different door being shut in his face. A man with such a disturbing childhood, with no one to reach out to deserves his opportunity to rap to the youth of the world, the life that he had to struggle through, and the message behind his lyrics and success. Eminems ...

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... old style, NY didn't like, so he tried it with popular music. Emceeing served to involve the crowd by acknowledging them. This would later become rap. Lovebug Starski (or DJ Hollywood) came up with the term "hip hop". Second para: Evolution: early-mid 80s. Afrika Bambaataa. Chief Rocker Busy ... Grandmaster Flash. Emceeing started as ways to draw the crowd's attention, to involve them in the process of DJing. It became more and more popular. Rap does not require expensive equipment, but only practice, anywhere, anytime. Its only requirement is that it rhymes with a good beat. It became...

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... when he is sad he would write a song to express his bitterness about the subject. Rap or Hip Hop has its roots within African culture and tradition. (http://www.daveyd.com/raphist 1.html0 ) Rap has evolved from simple stories to poetry with a beat. But now we see rap evolving into a more negative aspect. Rappers have caused listeners to be more superficial. They have ... pumped up, it could make me sleepy, and it could give me a head ache. I could also see how music affects the way I look. When I use to listen to a lot of rap I would dress baggy and a lot of those urban wear clothes but...

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... . In some cases they will just use the beats of a song and not the words or chorus at all. This happens a lot in the Hip-Hop or Rap genre where artist such as Doctor Dre, Snoop Dogg, R Kelly, P.Diddy, and Eminem have used the beats to a popular 80's song as the beats to a number one ... rap hit. P.Diddy AKA Puff Daddy was very successful in the early ninety's doing this with such songs as Been Around The World, You Can Hate Me Now, and Can ... 't No Buddy Hold Us Down. All of these were top hits for him and all of these also sampled beats from previous songs. Most of the time when a Rap ...

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... sometimes inspire them to do wrong. Whatever you name, hip-hop is there representing it. However, hip-hops most deadly form is its rap music. A lot of it is taken in by suburban whites and urban blacks too. Rap is stories that are told for people to hear about, and are experiences that happened in life by a rapper. The music, along with ... the rap videos that have a disturbing mix of rap, hip-hop dance moves, fashion and lyrics, leave people wondering: is hip-hop culture harming our youth? To me, hip-hop is an open statement; it can be taken in ... ...

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... and /or lifestyle. Music lyrics mention or refer to death, killing and drugs that it beats it to today talks about killing people with guns, cars and drugs. 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. Most rap artists express themselves different by saying they're gonna bust a cap in some ones @$$ , which also promotes gun use where most deaths are caused by ... ...

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Stan by Eminem The music video "Stan", by rap artist Eminem, depicts a story of an obsessive fan named Stan who becomes increasingly irate that Slim Shady (Eminem) is not replying to his letters. Stan gets more and more desperate ... Stan. The music of the video has a slow tempo with a soft percussion beat and an awesome bass line. The beginning of the song starts with a sweet melancholy sigh of a female rap artist named Dido followed by Eminem reading the letter of a fan who idolizes Slim Shady and does not understand why he has not heard back from him. The beat stays ... been inappropriat...

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... 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 was raised in a home that was involved in the Black Panther which ... ...

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... to him. Eminem claims that the main reason the public does not like what he has to say is because he is white, which means suburban white kids who enjoy rap will automatically feel like they can relate to him and the things he is saying are not what white parents want their children to emulate. The Gay Alliance Against Defamation ... ...

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... are affected by the things he says or does in his music. As far as Eminem goes he doesn't even want all the publicity, he just wants to write and rap his music. Every teenager and lots of adults black, white, Spanish, Jewish, and even Asian are all some how appealed to the rapper known as Eminem. Why are these people ... ...

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