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    Boom, boom! Boom, boom! The kind of bass that drains batteries and the kind of lyrics that unload clips, these are the sounds that rap music produces. I chose this topic because I am extremely interested in rap music and I want to explore the violent aspect of the industry. I have never had a chance to look at the violent side of it and I plan to find answers to questions I have in my search. Tupac Shakur is one of my favorite artists and when he was shot and killed I really started to take notice

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    What is rap music? Rap music is a type of music that is mostly listened to now in 2017. Some people like and don't like rap music, but I'm my opinion I think it is the best genre of music in the whole world. Rap music is good, and bad at some situations, but it also lets the rapper let out his emotions in a type of way that is not violent to anything, or anybody. How is music good? In the 1990’s NWA made a song called “F*** Tha Police”. The song showed the groups feelings about police brutality

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    Hip-Hop / Rap Music

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    Possibly one of the most controversial forms of art is hip-hop/ rap music. Since its birth, the genre has influenced unique styles, forms of dance, as well as expression of one’s self, but has also influenced hate, murder, crime, and racism. Hip-Hop has brought people together, and has pulled them apart. Some may argue that the music has changed the world (which in some ways it has), however, it is constantly influencing the young teen mind in ways they should have never been. Though the genre has

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    Rap and hip-hop music impacts on teens and children         There is music playing everywhere you walk, we listen to it for fun, to calm us down and for many other reasons. We listen to all kinds of music all day. But how you ever thought the bad and good effects that impact children and teens life? Teens and children do not know the main message behind the music they are listening to stating after them, and they do not know the bad effect it has on teens and children.  Did you know that between

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    Thesis paper on rap music.

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    Rap music has become one of the most distinctive and controversial music genres of the past few decades. A major part of hip hop culture, rap, discusses the experiences and standards of living of people in different situations ranging from racial stereotyping to struggle for survival in poor, violent conditions. Rap music is a vocal protest for the people oppressed by these things. Most people know that rap is not only music to dance and party to, but a significant form of expression. It is a source

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    believe that rap music has taken a complete 180 in the industry and has turned their lyrics of inspiration and positivity, to drugs and gang violence. Although several signs can point to this statement being true, rap music does not encourage teens to act violently. In fact, many artists/rappers spread positive messages across, giving solutions, and inspiration to the audience. Parents were and still are on the fence of their kids listening to rap music. The explicit types of rap music are poisoning

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    students will continuously be blasting rap music while walking from class to class. While driving to destinations, beats from my rap music are always booming through my sound system in the car. Most teenagers find it normal to listen to a booming beat while in the car or through the headphones connected to the phone, but most parents do not like the offensiveness often related to the lyrics or the loudness of the beats. Rap music has been a commonly known genre of music since the nineteen seventies and

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    world that is music there are many genres of music that fall under different categories. One of the more popular genres of music is Rap. Rap music evolved overtime and become more relevant as the years go on, accordingly the culture and other parts of rap changed as well. There a various differences between what rap music is now and what it had been in the past, and it all comes with the changes of the world. Some of the bigger changes in music is the culture that comes with the music, the lyrics

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    form of music in America. Also known as rap music, it is consistent with fast rhythmic vocals that gained popularity for speaking the raw truth of matters many people were scared to deal with. Artists originally used this creative platform in order to give a voice to the urban poverty in America. However, the main issue in urban areas changed. The matter became more about the increase in violence particularly towards the harassment black communities faced by police. Consequently, rap music became

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    Who some call the call the godfather of rap, Eazy E, once said, “Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It 's reality rap. It 's about what 's really going on.” There has been a great injustice done to the form of expression called rap. In essence rap is just lyrics over a basic beat or rhythm. Many members of society today assume that rap is a dangerous and violent influence, however what they seem to be ignorant of is the fact that rap music is actually beneficial. The majority of the world we live

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