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The reality of rap and violence

            THE REAITY OF RAP MUSIC AND VIOLENCE.
             Music is a tool used by people to tell a story or to entertain an audience. People put their thoughts and feelings into their music. Music is very powerful because the rhythm is so catchy and the lyrics you can relate to them . Now some types of music can have you feeling like your in love, while other types can have you feeling like going out and partying the night away. No matter what type of music you listen to it affects your attitude, your personality, and it even affects the world around you. Rap music or as critics call it "Gangasta" rap could have a bad influence on you and your society. Once you start listening to these songs you start to want to be like these rappers. Violence in today's society is it really caused by rap music? .
             Rap is about heritage, identity and the future. Rap music originated in mid-1970 in south Bronx section of New York City. Rap is a cross - culture product. Rapping is saying rhymes to the beat of music it was originally called emceeing. It draws its roots from the Jamaican art form known as toasting. In the early 70's, a Jamaican dj known as Kool Herc moved from Kingston to NY's West Bronx. Here, he attempted to incorporate his Jamaican style of dj which involved reciting improvised rhymes over the dub versions of his reggae records (Davey). Kool Herc separated rap music from other popular music and set the stage for further innovation. he is know for his massive stereo system speakers and his practice of extending obscure instrumental breaks that created an endless collage of peak dance named b-beats or breaks-beats (Rose). Afrika Bambaataa influence on rap's development is pivotal. He is often referred to as the God Father of Hip Hop, born and raised in the Bronx, he was a member of the Black Spades gang in his early teens. He went on to form the Zulu Nation. He organized break dancing competition and musical events promoting peace and racial tolerance (Keeley).


Essays Related to The reality of rap and violence

1. Evaluating the Negative Effects of Rap Music

Rap music and all its variations, from gangsta rap to hip-hop, are among the most potent influences of young peoples' perceptions of reality and their resulting behavior. Studies have shown that instead of seeing gangsta rap as a form of entertainment, adolescents perceive the songs to be autobiographical (Miranda, Claes, 113) or in other words, specifically addressing their unique situation and challenges. As rap artists often resort to drugs, sex, or violence as the means to resolve ... the conflicts in their songs and videos, adolescents often ... ...

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2. Music And Eminem

... is a link between rap lyrics and violence. The conclusions I will come to through gathering info, I can come up with the effects of crude rap lyrics on our youth. I can see how much of a good role model Will Smith is with his positive lyrics. By viewing the examples of famous rap artist's deaths, I can show the dangerous, violent ways of life some rap artists sing about in their lyrics, and prove the dangers of living out those lyrics ... make topics that would otherwise be old news seem very new. In a song such as "Cleaning Out My Closet" or "Sing For The Moment" he vents and expresses...

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3. Gangsta rap

... rappers criminal records depict their lifestyles. They say that their music depicts the harsh reality of life in the hood. To these rappers, people dying young and going to jail is an everyday thing (Marriott 75). Tupac says that violence is all we know and telling it like it is a way of getting the people to listen to what is really going on. Ice-T's controversial album Body Count, produced ... and violence to young children and that has messages of violence should have some kind of censorship. Defenders of rap say that censorship is taking Hawkins 10 away their right to free speech st...

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4. Rap Music And Youth's Behavior

... this music many times without knowing of the potential psychological damage it may cause. It misleads them to a distorted reality where morally wrong actions are positively rewarded and good actions are no longer needed except when there is a sexual goal behind it. Despite its entertainment value, gangsta" rap misleads our impressionable teens by showing them that violence, and aggressiveness is acceptable behavior; and unless government officials decide to ... make a change, gangsta" rap will continue to influence the behavior of adolescents for the worst. After many discussions ... ...

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5. Eminem And Influence

... a link between rap lyrics and violence. The conclusions I will come to through gathering info, I can come up with the effects of crude rap lyrics on our youth. I can see how much of a good role model Will Smith is with his positive lyrics. By viewing the examples of famous rap artist's deaths, I can show the dangerous, violent ways of life some rap artists sing about in their lyrics, and prove the dangers of living out those ... that would otherwise be old news seem very new. In a song such as "Cleaning Out My Closet" or "Sing For The Moment" he vents and expresses regret that his fath...

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6. Does Music Promote Violence

... many believe otherwise. Keith Clinkscales stresses, "Rap music has helped soothe racial and cultural divides and that's a wonderful thing in a country with as strong of race problems as this one anything that helps build bridges and smooth divides should be encouraged and not vilified" (Stateman 5). Dr. James Johnson disagrees. "Violence is the No.1 killer of black males today gangsta rap confirms negative impressions of rap music the last thing black males need is ... be exposed to a genre of music that says the way to resolve conflicts is with violence" (Stateman 3). Many want to see ...

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7. Effects of Rap on Today's Youth.

... a link between rap lyrics and violence. The conclusions I will come to through gathering info, I can come up with the effects of crude rap lyrics on our youth. I can see how much of a good role model Will Smith is with his positive lyrics. By viewing the examples of famous rap artist's deaths, I can show the dangerous, violent ways of life some rap artists sing about in their lyrics, and prove the dangers of living out those ... that would otherwise be old news seem very new. In a song such as "Cleaning Out My Closet" or "Sing For The Moment" he vents and expresses regret that his fath...

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  • Grade Level: High School

8. The Influence Of Rap

... 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 wife or girlfriend will make them a bigger man, when in reality it is frowned upon. For example, rapper Eminen talks about killing his ex ... . The use of language in these songs is unbelievably derogatory and offensive to many. Many rappers express in their lyrics and actions that drug and alcohol abuse is allowed and accepted today. There will never be an end to viole...

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9. Rap Music/violence

Rap Music and Violence The issue of whether rap music contributes to violent crime is a continual debate here in America. In this essay I will look at two articles and analyze them to find which argument I believe in. Dennis R. Martin, president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, theorizes that since "music has the power both to sooth the ravage beast' and to stir violent emotions,"" then rising racial tensions and violence can be attributed to rock ... not home. Parent cannot control the kind of music their children buy on their own. That is when it is left up to the law. Not t...

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10. Tupac's Changes and Dear Momma: A lesson in social Rhetoric

... their homes playing catch(1)." Carroll moves on to suggest that while these rappers may rap about issues not concerning street life, they are condoning it even if they are speaking about the troubles caused by life in the inner city. Bakarie Kitwana in her essay Walking The Tight Rope: the Art, Reality and Impact of Tupac Skakur, defends this statement, "In All Eyez on Me, his attempts to ... since it emerged in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Much of the controversy has centered on violent lyrics. And the music industry, insisting that it is defending artistic freedom and arguing that ...

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