Rap
...from The Chronic and "F--- the police," from N.W.A., are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that was being said in the songs is not wrong or against the law. The lyrics in many songs contain violent and explicit lyrics that usually talk about killing someone along with sounds of gunshots in the background. It is also music that refers to women as "bitches," "whores" and sex-dispensing "hos".
"Gangsta rap" has been criticized and debated over for its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. When rappers were asked why they refer to women as bitches and hoes their replies were similar. "Snoop" says, "that it is just for the women who are like that and if you're a real women, you're classy and elegant. Those lyrics should not necessarily affect you. You'd just groove to the music" (Farley 78). If our society does not have respect for our women, why should anyone else? Do these rappers think that they can dissplot women and treat them any way they want to? If this is the way our black men really think about their Nubian sister. If we let this go on, then the media and the generation that follows us, would basically have no respect for women. Young children and adults, who listen and memorize these rap songs, think that it is acceptable behavior. "Gangsta rap" is hardly the only source of violence, but it is a potent one. Not only is the music violent but the rappers lifestyle is also. Many rappers have been in trouble with the law and young people see that it Okay, their rich and money talks. Today most people think that if your rich and famous then can get away with anything.
Not all rappers have run-ins with the law, but the ones that do are very well known. Tupac Shakur, who was murdered in 1996,...
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