Rap Music Thesis

Many people consider hip-hop music to be brutish and a decline in music. As for the people within the subculture, they are considered to be uneducated, ‘thugs’, or even ‘ghetto’ amongst many other impressions. Despite the widely held idea that hip-hop music represents sex, drugs, and violence, hip-hop music has many positive aspects and influences that outweigh the negative perception. The hip-hop culture is a cultural

This has lead to the Black Lives Matter movement, which has thankfully helped spread awareness of the issue at hand. Another issue is discrimination because of religion. Recently, the most attacked group of religious people is Muslims. Because of ISIS, too many Americans think that all Muslims are dangerous terrorists, which is completely untrue. Muslim children all over America do not want to go to school because they fear that they will get picked on in school.

The messages today are getting way out of hand and they need to be regulated. I will be informing you on what are in the lyrics of our songs, where rap is and what it entails, and how this kind of music degrades people. What are actually in lyrics and what do they show? The group N.W.A uses,”...heavy doses of sadistic sex, misogyny, gun violence and all-round

This is due to the overwhelming stereotypes which imply that black men are associated more with violence and theft than white men. Staples even acknowledges this stereotype through his statement that “[he] was indistinguishable from the muggers who occasionally seeped into the area from the surrounding ghetto” (Staples 542). This is irrefutably the work of society’s teachings and the constant stereotyping of men and woman based on the color of their skin. If one is unable to distinguish between a good-hearted person and malicious person because both have the same complexion then there is obviously a fault in the system. Staples manages to not

The narrator described the very stereotypical gang members in Harlem being “filled with rage” and “popping off needles every time they went to the head” (Baldwin 123). Lastly, the change in the author's tone was very evident. The readers could notice when the narrator was talking about life in Harlem or Sonny’s drug abuse because it had a very bitter and cold tone. However, when Sonny was talking about his music the tone was hopeful and positive. Baldwin wanted to show that music was the one thing helping with Sonny’s pain.

Stereotypes in every context are bad, but in music you can generalize listeners based on the type of music they listen to which is unfair to the artist and the audience. There is a stereotype of rap music that the context only consists of money, sex, drugs and swearing. In the music video and song of “Gangsta`s Paradise” by Coolio, the lyrics and meaning behind the music video

Sagging Pants Sagging Pants started as a sex symbol in jail for people to know a man was a homosexual. Later in the years it become a part of the hip hop culture. Many artist such as Ice-T, Too-Short, The Game, 50 Cent, and Kris Kross . Sagging pants is a common trend in fashion; however it is not an acceptable image in corporate America because it represent an image of poverty, disrespect and illiteracy.

For this reason, what seems to be affecting our youth from a recent trend that is still going on today, is the hip-hop type of music that our young people are listening to. The reason why this is a bigger problem in today’s society, because hip-hop is a culture that plays rap and other types of music that causes a problematic the way they see and view society. Which hip-hop/rap music has change over the years, whereas the rappers that are singing these type of rap songs are not positive. Yet, they leave a negative impact on the youth where they are constantly, getting into trouble, whether it is at home, school or with the law. For example, there are some rap music, that talk about gangbanging, smoking pot, sex, drugs and what they are going to do to women etc.

The article points that when it comes to black community, we’re usually think of black crimes, robbery, drugs and so more. But is it really true, is it true that all black people are drug dealer or robbers? Are black people all criminals? The answer to that is no, this is just a bad stereotype that is place on the African American community. In every races there is imperfection, so to say that all black people are bad is unfair and injustice, and because of these stereotypes, racism still continues to grow and exist in today

A pivotal part of male rappers’ experiences involves personal relationships. The average rapper (male and female) does not have a positive and functional representations of male and female relationships; especially as it relates to monogamy. The lack of positive personal relationships have an interesting influence a rap artists’ lyrical content; especially a male rap artist. Because rap lyrics and videos rarely depict functional relationships or conversations, many critics of rap music begin to ask, “Where is the love, in Hip

Tupac inspired the youth to stand up for their civil rights Tupac Shakur is one of the most prominent figures of the 1990 's rap and hip-hop scene. Through his gang relationships, fascinating lyrics, and his very mysterious death in 1996; Tupac became an "Internet Icon" and is still very known and talked about. His words and actions helped to grow the rap and hip-hop scene of the time. Young black were taking Tupac 's rap lyrics for truth, and started joining gangs, representing their rap hero 's actions. He showing injustices that have been done to him or his friends in his songs; showing the world that even after discrimination was ended, racism was still prevalent towards young black men and that something needed to be done about it.

Hip Hop, a genre that was created, innovated, and popularized by African Americans throughout mid to late 1900s and early 2000s. Because of this, some Hip Hop fans maintain that the genre should remain a totally black art form, and that whites are not invited. Despite this, the top selling rapper of all time, with over 100 million records sold internationally, is Eminem, a white rapper from Detroit. With this being the case, one must wonder if race should not have anything to do with whether or not someone can rap. Many of the most acclaimed African American rappers have often touched on racism, as well as equal opportunity for all races.

“Hip-hop is definitely not what it used to be, which was creative and original music.” - Missy Elliot. Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music, they will paint a picture in their head of black men cursing, guns, marijuana, lots of money, and girls looking like prostitutes. Hip hop is a well diverse genre; It came out of South Bronx, New York in the 1970’s. Rapping is a vocal style, in which the artist speak along with a beat or and instrument. Hip-hop has many different concepts; it has its own culture.