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... , are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that was being said in the songs is not wrong or against the law. ... It is also music that refers to women as "bitches," "whores" and sex-dispensing "hos"(Saunders B29). "Gangsta rap " has been criticized and debated over for its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. ... You’d just groove to the music" (Farley 78). ... Young children and adults, 14, 15 and 16 years of age, who listen and memorize these rap songs think that it is acceptable behavior. "Gangsta rap" is hardly the only source of violence, but it is a potent one. Not only is the music violent but the rappers lifestyle is also. Many rappers have rap sheets and young people see that and say, "hey, their rich and money talks. ... “Gangsta Rap" has attracted a high-profile of enemies and no one may ever know who really killed Tupak. ... His music also glorifies violence and demeans women. ... Dre, served five months in a halfway house in 1993 for violating his probation for breaking another rap producers jaw in 1992. ... His music demeans women and generates bad vibes against police officials. ... ", he replies,"no",and they tell him, "well youre about to meet him"(Rap). ... Is this the kind of music that young children should be able to listen to? ... His music also glorifies violence. ... His music also talked about having the lifestyle of being promiscuous and that lifestyle killed him. ... They say that their music depicts the harsh reality of life in the hood. ... Delores Tucker denounced Hawkins 5 companies that "pimped porno rap" to children. ... Inner City Broadcasting has put a stop to playing hard-core rap and other misogynous and violent rap. ... Most radio stations now do not allow that kind of music on the air. Even though the radio has stopped playing hard-core rap, record companies are still producing this kind of music. Death Row Records, the top producer of rap music, has been under a lot of fire not only by Dolores Tucker, but by Bob Dole and others also. ... To some listeners Death Rows music is powerful and is also reality , but to others their music celebrates drugs, murderers and misogyny. The FBI says that this rap label has ties to gangs and drugs. ... Death Row Records is not the only record company to promote rap, Time Warner has also been producing rap records. Time Warner has pledged to do something about obscene and rude lyrics in rap music. The new chairman of Warner Music Group , Michael J. Fuchs, was asked to talk with critics of rap lyrics and to work with other record companies to come up with some regulations for warning labels (Landler D2). ... The chairman and chief executive claims that "music is not the cause of societys ills." That may be true but do they have an influence on the people that listen to the music. ... Johnson shows that violent rap tends to perpetuate the acceptance of the use of violence and an anti-education mind-set. He thinks that this kind of music should have some regulation. He refers to rap music being like nicotine- it is addictive; it is mood Hawkins 7 altering and it is available with some strains (Raspberry, "Does" A27). ... Stanley Crouch, a music critic and writer, says that rappers are "a bunch of opportunists who are appealing to an appetite that America has for vulgarity, violence and anarchy inside Afro America" (Sims 3). Kevin Powell, a writer for Vibe magazine, believes that rap music is a legitimate art form, but thinks that the genre has gone too far and the music industry is to blame for not exercising some degree of control (Sims 3). ... There are many people who feel this way, but many rappers and defenders of rap disagree. Most rappers do not think that their music causes violence and that they have no influence on their listeners. ... She also thinks that rap should not be the blame for what young people are doing today because movies also show violence, rapes, and people being killed (Marroitt, "Hard-core" A1+).
Approximate Word count = 3449
Approximate Pages = 13.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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