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    When paying close attention to many song lyrics‚ you can hear the promotion of violent acts. Weather it be a rap song or a country song‚ the promotion or violence is being spread to music fans. These songs are promoting violence by speaking of killing people‚ suicide and flashing their gang "signs" in their music videos. For instance‚ in a popular song by the hip-hop artist Eminem‚ he talks about shooting someone using theses lyrics‚ " I’ma pull you to this bullet‚ and put it through you." When

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    Rap Music: A Misinterpreted Art Form By Enoch Noel Submitted to Ms. Jones Oct. 9‚ 2001 Oral Communication T-Th-4pm Outline Thesis Statement: Social acceptance for rap music is my goal and in order for me to reach it‚ I will have to answer the questions what is rap‚ who founded it‚ and how much influence does the news and media have upon rap music. Introduction I. History of Rap Music A. When‚ and who founded it? B. What is Rap music? II. Compare and contrast parent’s view about rap music. A. How

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    People that do not listen to rap music should realize that rap music carries out positive meanings for society to recognize. People can take rap as too loud or annoying‚ or people think‚ “Why do these rap artists have to cuss so much?” Yes‚ rap music will talk about sex‚ drugs‚ and degrading women. I believe that true rap music serves its purpose by sharing life stories and confronting harsh realities. There is a rap song called “Mockingbird” by Eminem‚ and it is about Eminem telling his daughter

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    A.P. Music received widespread acclaim from music critics.[4] At Metacritic‚ which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics‚ the album received an average score of 85‚ based on 27 reviews‚ which indicates "universal acclaim".[4] Allmusic editor David Jeffries gave it four out of five stars and stated "rapper Killer Mike already had an incredibly strong discography before R.A.P. Music landed [...] Revolutionary stuff and absolutely no fluff‚ R.A.P. Music is outstanding

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    Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music‚ they’ll paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing‚ guns‚ marijuana‚ lots of gold‚ and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kid’s head that Rap music is “bad”‚ and they don’t want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US‚ I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parent’s point of view. But what people don’t

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    argument about holding the music industry responsible for violence against women. She wrote an article titled “Is Music Issuing a Call to Violence?”. According to Ms. Rodriguez‚ misogynistic music in pop culture is considered one of the major culprits in glorifying abuse and violence towards women. She highlights examples such as the sexual assaults that happened in Central Park and her own personal experience when a young man acted aggressive towards her on the subway reciting rap lyrics. Racial stereotypes

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    Music is something that each individual has his or her own particular supposition about. Diverse individuals have distinctive taste‚ and different sorts of music have numerous methods for leaving an effect on somebody. Music is an essential and to a great degree both helpful and not helpful in the way we learn. The truth of the matter is‚ music is a main impetus in the public eye. Music greatly affects how people think and act‚ potentially influencing insight. A few studies have been led on this

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    Do Music Lyrics Promote Violence? We all know music itself can have an effect on people from the moment the song begins to the moment it ends. It can make them happy‚ think about past break ups‚ think about someone they love‚ miss a family member that has passed‚ want to get up and dance‚ or annoy us when they get stuck in our heads. Music is there for us and can get us through any situation. Most music can cause people to experience a wide range of emotions‚ most of which can be either really wonderful

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    Bianca Phillips Eng.101/Baker 11/9/11 Does Violent Lyrics Cause Violence Some people believe music has become a reason for children turning to violence. Are violent lyrics making children act out violently? Then there’s the other side that say stop blaming music for violence. I believe violent lyrics can cause someone to act out violently‚ because songs with violent lyrics can prompt thoughts of violence. Songs that talk about shooting and killing each other can make the listener more

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    Naima Ali Mr. Wagoner Practical Writing Skills 2 May 2016 Rap it Up: Rap Music’s Influence Rap music is one of the biggest music genre of today. When hip-hop started in the 1990’s‚ rappers sang about their lives and world problems. If you look at today’s rap music‚ it contains violent and misogynous lyrics. Because rap music has a large amount of profanity and misogyny‚ it gives a bad influence to its listeners. Rap music contains misogynous lyrics that may lead some lead men to believe that sexual

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