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Gansta Rap
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... , are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap. ... "Gangsta rap " has been criticized and debated over for its graphic sexual content, violent imagery and misogyny. ... Young children and adults, 14, 15 and 16 years of age, 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. ... Many rappers have rap sheets and young people see that and say, "Hey, their rich and money talks. ... "Gangsta Rap" has attracted a high profile of enemies and no one may ever know who really killed Tupac. ... Dre, served five months in a halfway house in 1993 for violating his probation for breaking another rap producers jaw in 1992. ... ", he replies, "no", and they tell him, "well youre about to meet him"(Rap). ...
Delores Tucker denounced Hawkins 5 companies that "pimped porno rap" to children. ... Inner City Broadcasting has put a stop to playing hard-core rap and other misogynous and violent rap. ... Even though the radio has stopped playing hard-core rap, record companies are still producing this kind of music.
Death Row Records, the top producer of rap music, has been under a lot of fire not only by Dolores Tucker, but by Bob Dole and others also. ... The FBI says that this rap label has ties to gangs and drugs. ... Death Row Records is not the only record company to promote rap, Time Warner has also been producing rap records. Time Warner has pledged to do something about obscene and rude lyrics in rap music. ... Fuchs, was asked to talk with critics of rap lyrics and to work with other record companies to come up with some regulations for warning labels (Landler D2). ... Johnson shows that violent rap tends to perpetuate the acceptance of the use of violence and an anti-education mind-set. ... He refers to rap music being like nicotine- it is addictive; it is mood Hawkins 7 altering and it is available with some strains (Raspberry, "Does" A27). ... Kevin Powell, a writer for Vibe magazine, believes that rap music is a legitimate art form, but thinks that the genre has gone too far and the music industry is to blame for not exercising some degree of control (Sims 3). ... There are many people who feel this way, but many rappers and defenders of rap disagree. ... She also thinks that rap should not be the blame for what young people are doing today because movies also show violence, rapes, and people being killed (Marroitt, "Hard-core" A1+). Russell Simmons, CEO of Def Jam Recordings, says that no truly in-touch person believes that the state of society is the result of rap music. ... He also points out the good views of rap--that it is so diverse and there are a lot of positive messages in the songs. Simmons thinks that rap is just expressing the outrage of there community. His most important point would be that when kids in Beverly Hills Hawkins 9 listen to rap they will know a little bit better how the kids in the ghettos think (Profitt M3). Other rap experts point out the genre turning points. ... The inspiration and energy from rap reflects what goes on in the streets and in black life in America (Williams B1+). Maxine Waters also agrees that "gansta rap" is a new art form to describe the pains, fear and frustrations that young people express to adults. ... Rap music that pimps pornography and violence to young children and that has messages of violence should have some kind of censorship. Defenders of rap say that censorship is taking Hawkins 10 away their right to free speech stated in The First Amendment. ... Rap has changed for the worse taking the art form and transforming it into trash with some positive messages that are hard to grasp from the music. ... If what can be heard on a porno film can be heard on a rap album, then the album should have an age limit for sale. ... that contain violence and harsh language should there not be concern for children that listen to hard-core gangsta rap.
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Title: Gansta Rap
Words: 3446
Rating: None
Pages: 13.8
submitted by: smithni
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