Today, the Freshmen Seminar 7 group presented a question asking whether or not rap music negatively or positively affects a community. They were able to conclude that it negatively affects the community. Rap music openly talks about sex, drugs, and violence. The women are looked at as simply sex tools. Some songs that talk about women and sex are Make Dat A** Clap by Project Pat, Becky by Plies, and Some Cut by Trillville. Another aspect of rap music is violence. Rappers promote shooting and killing rivals. They also promote gangs. For example, Lil Wayne talks about being a Blood and Snoop Dogg talks about being a Crip. These artists will sometimes mention the gangs in their lyrics. Artists and groups that speak of violence in their songs are Crime Mob (Knuck if you Buck), Devin the Dude (Just Because), and Lil Scrappy (Head Bussa). The last component that the group spoke of was drugs. Many of the artist in the rap community speak of smoking marijuana. They glorify this drug by making videos where they are smoking and promoting the drug in their music. Groups such as Crucial Conflict speak about the drug in the song, Hay.
These aspects of the hip hop community play a major role when it comes to influencing the youth. Freshmen Seminar 7 believes that rap music should be better censored. However, I do not think the artist should have to censor their music because they have a right to freedom of speech. I think it is up to the parents to set an example early in the child’s life as to what music they listen to, especially in the presence of the child.
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