Rap Music
Rap music began in the mid 1970's with artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambaataa, and Kurtis Blow. According to the encyclopedia based web site infoplease.com " the word rap is derived from a 1960's slang word for conversation. (www.kids.infoplease.com). This extraordinary style of music served as a form of street poetry for most artists. With a mixture of jazz, disco, and funk rap became extremely popular within the African American and Hispanic communities. Some of the artist spoke of only fiction stories while others spoke of true-life triumphs and experiences. Artist such as the Sugar Hill Gang rapped about parties and themselves as the ever-popular ladies men when rapping first began. Africa Bambaataa had their greatest hit Planet Rock, which is still famous and played throughout many clubs and radio stations today. Grandmaster Flash released his greatest hit Showdown, which mainly spoke about political issues and problems embedded within his community. The major topic that was never spoken of was violence. I am sure that there was some type of crime that was occurring during the late 70's and early 80's but most artists never made crime or violence their main focus. . . .
3 of the 7 individuals that agreed that gangsta rap does cause violence could not list a rap artist or song. Of course I wanted some of the money and jewelry that the artist portrayed but my mother instilled in me that good things only come by hard work. I feel that this is the major problem that everyone has forgotten. 3 of the 7 individuals that agreed that gangsta rap does cause violence could not list a rap artist or song. At the end of each verse he would end by asking now tell me what I am supposed to do. As a youth I grew up listening to gangsta rap. I can recall playing a song for a squad member while we were in Desert Storm serving in the US Army. I feel that this is the major problem that everyone has forgotten. Texas rap group the Under Ground Kings(UGK) released hits such as Mo Cocaine in the Back of the Ride and A Pocket Full of Stones that spoke mainly about drug transactions.
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