Rap Music Effects On Society

Over the years, rap music has come to be known as an expression of music that promotes drug abuse, violence, and sex, using explicit language and content and leaving a negative effect on today's youth, or so a majority of us may think. To some however, rap music is a positive outlet for them to express themselves in a way they feel completely expresses their emotions. At the beginning, rap music was a way for many to spread their message to those around them, using lyrics and beats to tell about their everyday life dealing with poverty, racism, or whatever it may be. But as rap music began to grow, songs promoting violence and foul language began to become more popular, rather than those having a positive message. This era of music had begun to give a misunderstanding, artists had sang about their surroundings, and a majority of the time they came from a poverty stricken area, and since not everyone was not aware of how violent some places could be, they thought the artists at the time were
Graphic images can be used to get a point across to someone who is unaware of a situation, like racism in America, or the cons of living on welfare. When asked if rap music was a problem to our society, rapper Kendrick Lamar said “Hip hop is not the problem, our reality is the problem.” In this statement, he refers to how racism has had such a big impact on minorities, and yet so many people are blind to the situation and don't notice it,
CONCLUSION
You may still not agree that rap music is a positive influence on society, but it is does no longer spread the message of negativity to listeners, rather it shows a message of positivity that some people may not fully understand or be able to see, but so far it has, and will hopefully, continue to have a good effect on our