Explicit Rap
...d for rappers to exercise their freedom of speech and say whatever the hell they want to in their songs? Why does putting these ridiculous amounts of profanity in rap lyrics cause such great controversy and popularity at the same time? The men and women who produce rap songs with lots of bad words and derogatory statements do it for a very simple purpose; to sell their controversy. Controversy is clearly one of the leading marketing tools of today’s world, which is one simple answer as to why many of the popular rap artists that use explicit lyrics do so. Personally, bad language and tuff lyrics don’t offend me at all. When rappers first began using explicit language and portraying street life in their songs, they were simply expressing raw emotion which was cool and original. These days it’s hard fo...