sexual activity that often leads to communicable diseases being contracted are .
all significant at the .01 level of confidence in a study completed by Wingwood, .
DiClemente, Bernhardt, Harrington, et al (437 - 439). Their study of adolescents .
and the effects of rap music show that the entertainment value of the rapper's .
lyrics, actions and behavior in rap videos is not objectively but subjectively seen .
by adolescents, specifically those in the 14 - 18 year old age group. In effect this .
study and others comparable to it provide a glimpse into rap music's effects as a .
basis for emulation, not for enjoyment. Rap music paints an idealized and .
distorted picture not only of how to address the challenges of life, but also how to .
attain ones' goals in an increasingly competitive world. Rap music condones the .
use of violence at any cost to gain, in the majority of cases, a material .
possession or sexual relations with a woman. There is never an altruistic motive .
to any rappers' songs or videos, it teaches selfishness and self-centeredness .
while at the same time promoting a "win at all costs" mentality within the .
impressionable consumers of this music. .
The Rap Music Artist: The Anti-Role Model .
Despite the growing amount of research showing that rap music has a definite .
and long-lasting impact on their primary target demographic segment, those 14 - .
18 year old boys and girls across all ethnic backgrounds, there is little if any .
regret or recognition from rap artists of their responsibility to these consumers of .
their music. Rap artists celebrate and often strive for outrageously extravagant .
lifestyles that are often tainted with actual gangster connections. The life of .
Snoop Dogg for example, a rapper who came from the streets of Compton, .
California is a case in point. Now living in the San Bernardino, California .
suburbs, Snoop Dogg has been known to take an armored van to the Grammy .
