Is Rap Bad for Our Society?
In the article, "Bad Rap: Music Rebels Revel in Their Thug Life", Suzanne Fields argues that rap music is not good for young people. She believes that this kind of music brings violent images, bad behavior such as "raping women, holding gay men with a knife at their throat and helping a group of friends to take a little sister's virginity"(200) into our children minds. I think Ms. Fields is right but she missed out some points. According to the author, rappers write lyrics about the own drama childhood, or stories how they survived in the ghettos where you can buy cracks and dopes as candy-bars. These songs reflect their lives which women are actually "b
From old school Tupac to the latest hip-pop hero 50cent, they all did seat in the back of police car. Besides, they were taught in the way that "mother fucker" is used as "hello". I believe that musicians use rhymes and words to express their feelings. But musicians who are making big money off this much of hatred is a hard question for our society. However, I do not think all rap music is bad. And I do not think this is good role models for our children. Didy whose music flies as high as his living style, he usually sings about fabulous houses with expensive cars in the drive-way. You can count the number of unarrested rappers in one hand. Belveda I just want to blow your mind Bad boysShe also point out the fact that "a rapper promoter without an arrest record can start to look a lot like Dick Clark" (200).
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