The introduction of Rap Music into the 21st Century has become influential in a global society for the following reasons: The way women are portrayed in rap videos, drug use "glorified" by rappers and the Bling-Bling era.
Rap music can be heard playing in all countries. Over time, rap music has developed a lot of controversy in many ways. i.e. How women are degraded in the lyrics and how drugs and Diamonds or “Bling-Bling” plays a large part in how rappers are portrayed.
The way women are portrayed in rap videos is especially degrading. They make them up to look like “prostitutes” and “gold diggers”. Rappers portray themselves as having a lot of money and being able to have any women that they want.