October 2013 The Effects of Rap Music on Teens Rap music has been around since the early 1970’s. It became popular rapidly‚ and expanded to different parts of the world. From its beginning‚ the rap culture has not been well liked‚ but the people who do listen to it get hooked on it quickly. For example‚ teenagers are huge fans of rap music. Although rap music is so popular‚ it is becoming an issue in society. It has had a negative effect on teens that the general public does not like. Rappers express
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significant number of the music recordings made by rap specialists on the planet demonstrate these points in them. Individuals who are more into rap‚ hip hop and trap music do drugs one time in their lives.While it may be difficult to come to a full conclusion on music’s effect on teenagers‚ it is important to remember that teens have many influences. At any given time‚ a teen is being pulled in many directions. Music is just one of these directions they’re being pulled from. A few music is not made out
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According to Nielsen Media Research (1993) more than seventy percent of the Americans were access to cable television therefore most teenagers would watch these music videos from their homes. The study which was done on the composition of these videos shows that seventy five percent contain materials which are related to sex. Music videos influence sex activities in various ways. Within these videos‚ it portrays various features which are eventually being imitated by teenage girls. These features
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“hardcore” or “gangsta” rap music that they bang through their ears at some point in time everyday. From Tupac Shakur’s “Makaveli” album to Chief Keef’s “Finally Rich” album‚ the teenaged/ young adult mind is filled with drug use‚ violence‚ physical and verbal abuse‚ and in some cases suicide. This form of negative music is doing major damage to the young people of today affecting daily decisions and the willpower to do right. It is a known fact that majority of the daily crimes teens commit are due to
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listening to rap music. Nowadays‚ rap is one of the most popular music genres to people around the world especially teenagers and also quickly increasing through music industry for decades. This kind of music was began by African-American in the early 1970’s and composed to tell or reveal one’s experiences by using alliteration. Although rap history was just started‚ its influence is now powerful and widespread as same as fast food trend. Moreover‚ for teenagers‚ it is a kind of music to dance and
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Does Music Affect Teens? Can the Music Youth Listen to Affect Their Behavior? Music is often blamed for influencing particular behaviors‚ but does it really do so? Why is music sometimes associated with negative behavior and actions? With music being such a staple in youth culture‚ it seems that each teenager has a “soundtrack to their life.” But‚ are they just innocently listening to their favorite tunes? Or are they in for something more? In the media it seems that certain groups that
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When rap music was created at first‚ It was used to express an artist’s creativity and emotions freely. However‚ today it is all about the violence and the negative thoughts. Violence is viewed as a big thing in rap music and often times‚ it is portrayed to be okay in rap. Childrens‚ teenagers‚ and young adults tend to have a good memory when it comes to listening the lyrics of music. So often times when they listen to rap music repeatedly‚ the lyrics and mood in the song will become installed in
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Katasia Green Mrs. Hunt Research Paper 1 March 2013 Violence in Rap music Rap music has become more of a distinctive music genre over the past few decades. Rap music and hip hop is only good for dance and for parties too. Sources of information that describe people growing oppression‚ and declining for advancement. Its sounds‚ images‚ and attitude consist of the people‚ races and cultures. There are many rappers in the business who use negative and bad language such as Grandmaster Flash‚
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why do I like music about violence? And does this violence in music cause violence in the world we live in? But this class has got me thinking that Im asking the wrong questions the better question is why is the world that we live in so violent that it produces music as painful as rap. Much like rap is the focus of watch dog groups and shunned by authorities jazz was in its hay day. Jazz is music based partly on the blues. The blues is music about sex‚ violence and pain. Not music to create any of
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to or overheard a rap song and thought about how vulgar it was and wonder how something like that ever made it to the public? Well if you think rap music has a negative influence on people‚ you’re not alone. Since the late 1980’s rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture‚ because of it’s so-called influence in people’s life. People swear up and down that the music is why people‚ especially the youth resort to violent crimes. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised
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