What is very disturbing about rappers including Kanye West are lyrics which denigrate women to sex objects, utilitarian in their roles only to please him and men in general. ... The denigration of women in rap is pervasive and cause for concern alone yet the chain reaction of deviant behaviors is what creates the most long-lasting negative effects on those that listen to rap music for hours at a time or have engrained its lyrics into their lives. ... Their study of adolescents and the effects of rap music show that the entertainment value of the rapper's lyrics, actions a...

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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, th...

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Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is one of the best rappers that had ever lived. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971. It seems that his life was destined to be troublesome being that his mother was incarcerated when he was born. Tupac lived with relatives most of h...

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There are a lot of problems going on in the music industry lately. But an old, re-occurring problem plaguing the industry is the ongoing feud between rappers on the East and West coasts of the United States. This war in the rap world has left many people dead, fights to be started and talents to be...

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His mother, Afeni Shakur, was an active member of the Black Panther movement, she was pregnant with Tupac while she was imprisoned for participating in riots ( Edwards " From Poetry to Rap: The Lyrics of Tupac Shakur"). ...

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The vast majority of people aren't readily acceptant of those who deviate from what is considered the "norms" of society. In writings especially, readers are accustomed to being exposed to a limited array of subject matter. When a writer pushes himself/herself from the expected, the pu...

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