ht Out of Compton, which sold 750,000 copies before their tour". (RollingStone.com). The albums top hits were Gangsta Gangsta and F--k the Police in which the group expressed their feelings about police officers and activities going on in their neighborhood. Their lyrics were extremely explicit and plagued with profanity. The song F--k the Police speaks for itself towards the statement that the group posed to relay to their listeners. The group also published songs such as A Bitch is A Bitch, which again is self explanatory to those who possessed their music. Artist after artist would began to surface on the West Coast using gangsta rap to make a living. Songs such as the Dopeman and Making Crack to This began to influence listeners to sell drugs. West Coast rap group Above The Law released their single 187, which is the police code for a homicide. Different artist began to record replications of drive by shootings and car jackings and used them in their songs. In less half a decade gangsta rap had spread threw the south and on to the East Coast. 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. This era of music has definitely been extremely influential to all listeners. There is no doubt in my mind that gangsta rap does promote violence, but I strongly feel that every person should be held responsible for his/her own actions.
             There are very many people who feel that gangsta rap promotes and causes violence. Jhonny Z a rap producer stated that " 75% of the rappers in his area are presently or have been involved in the game of dealing drugs and involvement in gang life". (WWW.oxy.edu). According to Guhan Sriram, rap music has always been associated with gang violence because most of the artist were affiliated with gangs. (totoro.berkeley.edu). Dr. Delores Tucker, president of the National Council for...