THE REAITY OF RAP MUSIC AND VIOLENCE Music is a tool used by people to tell a story or to entertain an audience. ... Rap music or as critics call it "Gangasta" rap could have a bad influence on you and your society. ... Violence in today's society is it really caused by rap music? ... Rap music originated in mid-1970 in south Bronx section of New York City. ... Rapping is saying rhymes to the beat of music it was originally called emceeing. ...

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With Hip Hop or rap music gaining popularity there days, it has become a target group to push the limits as other musical genres have done in the past. ... With rap music breaking into mainstream pop culture, it is expected to push the limits of free speech. ... Rap music has declined in its culpability and reputability because of the added need to appease white people. When rap music began, it was sang in the streets of New York. ... When the music business caught onto this trend of rap music's popularity, they bought into it, adding to the culpability of rap artists. ...

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Such erosive factors reverberate through T.V, magazines, or books, but majority will agree that rap music does play a large role. ... Members of Society will look at this and begin to think maybe all blacks are the same if rappers are bubbling over with such vengeance in their music. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and hatred in their music. The world is yet to change and we are surrounded by music which pounds young souls, and influences the Cardstacking against blacks in the society, ...

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After the coming of West Coast Rap, artists started to take more violent lyrics and sexual exploitations. Rapper and producer of hip hop music Dr. ... Rappers such as Dr. ... For a long time, anyone who was associated with reality rap when assumed to be involved in criminal activity and anyone (in the minority) who dressed in the style of rap and hip hop was seen as inferior and problematic. (Goldstein) The media succeeded in changing the way society viewed gangster rap despite the fact that the rappers were only bringing up real topics that affected real people in the minority. ...

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Many people argue that gangster rap is not only music made for entertainment purposes. ... Violence in rap music has been said to be the main contributor in the shooting of Shakur. ... There are many positive ways in which rap music has influenced our society as a whole. ... Rap music gives a public voice to urban America, and through their music rap artists can paint a picture of what is going on around them, growing up in poverty. ... Rap music is criticized because it accurately shows a negative side of American culture. ...

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Rap music has had a bad reputation over the last decade from the gangsta era of N.W.A to a more present-tense 50 Cent. ... Rap music, just like any other genre of music, is simply a form of entertainment which should not be taken so seriously to people. ... The same principle goes with Rap music. ... Rap music is not to blame for the way people act in society today. ... If rap music does anything it should inspire people to rise above the negativity in their lives and turn out to be successful also. ...

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I Can't Bite My Lip Any More Should music companies that generate violent music be held legally liable for the effects of the music they produce? Over the years music has become more violent, mostly in rap, and rock and roll. ... Many of the critics blame it on the so-called "GANGSTA RAP", because of the explicit lyrics in the music. ... Tucker fought the rap industry because she believes the rap music today glamorizes black on black crime. She believes that the producers of rap music are trying to exploit and stereotype the black youth for profit. ...

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He's 37 now, but his music first hit at a time when the music industry was dominated by the first wave of millennial glitz and glamour: boy bands, meaningless rap lyrics, and bling. ... The lyrics to "Rap God" expose Eminem's personal thoughts about his role in music as a white rapper in black industry. ... Unlike Vanilla Ice, a preceding white rapper in a predominantly black music industry, Eminem was a genuine product of the lower class. ... Without Eminem's fight to become an icon in hip-hop and this generation, Macklemore would not have had the same opportunitie...

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Also, the music the film provides is unlike any other previous genre of music for it is a darker form of lyrical poetry. ... (Eminem), more commonly known as Rabbit or B-Rabbit, is an aspiring white rap artist struggling to be recognized for his lyrical talent in a music form that is dominated by black artists. ... This scene is a brilliant demonstration of how the articulation of rap music can truly be a historical opera. ... First off, it touches upon a genre of music that hasn't previously received much positive acclaim from Hollywood - rap music. ... However, rap music is appealing...

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It was January 14, 2000 in hot and humid Oakland California the night that 12,00 people, mostly teenagers, descended upon the Oakland Coliseum to see a rap star by the name of Juvenile, along with the Cash Money Millionaires. ... Shortly there after, everyone else followed suit, with the angry, explicit rap music still booming in their ears. ... As the news channels made it a point to say that the show was a rap concert, full of hate lyrics and violence, many parents pondered if the music was to blame. () Did music really have the power to make normally rational beings do something like ...

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Furthermore, we can see the trend of white appropriation of black music throughout the next generations of black inspired music: Jazz, Rock and Roll, and eventually, Hip-hop. ... Eminem, a highly respected white rapper, grew up in poverty in a black community. ... However, his successes were not only based off his skills as a rapper, but credit his success to his race and to his record label's intended audience: the white consumer. ... White people using black music and culture takes away the authenticity and meaning in which black people created the music for in the first place. ... Th...

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"Then attack Eminem cause I rap this way/ But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire/ to burn and it's burnin' and I have returned" (Mathers 4.18-20). ... People that listen to Eminem's music need to understand the message, whether or not fans take Eminem's lyrics literally has nothing to do with Eminem. ... Eminem was constantly teased for being a white boy in a mostly black neighborhood and attempting to rap along with them. ... This illustrates how Eminem, a real person with emotions and feelings just like anyone else, is not a cold-hearted r...

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Remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show when you yell at us for staying up late on a school night to watch the MTV Video Music Awards. ... When you shiver at the sound of one of the great Notorious B.I.G's raps, remember your parents telling you to turn off the unforgettable Bob Marley. ...

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