Positive And Negative Effects Of Rap Music

Many people in America like music of all types of genres. The music that people listen to influences their lives in different ways. Music could have positive and negative effects on people. Often times people enjoy listening to music and rap was a popular choice for many people “Early rap began not as a growl but as happy party music. “The first big rap hit, the Sugar Hill Gangs 1978 ‘Rappers Delight’ featured a catchy base that drove music forward”(Jipping). In the beginning rap music was an upbeat genre that many people enjoyed listening to but then it turned around for this industry. Recently, in a Ted Talk Charis Kubrin discussed that rap could send inappropriate messages. She stated, “The more violent your lyrics are the more respect you

People who put violence in their rap music often put themselves out there in the criminal world which means rap music is a violent genre. According to Craig Pinckney 's video, he was talking about young people pick up guns and kill people because they feel unseen and unheard and the violence in rap music helps them reveal their true emotions (Real). Many people who hear rap music and the violent lyrics that it has helps them express their feelings and think and when they hear it they act on it which causes violent behavior. The violent words that rappers such as “Ice cube” and in one of his songs he says, “I got my 12 gage sawed off, I got my headlights turned off, im bout to bust some shots off, im bout to dust some cops off” (Ice cube). These lyrics in his song are an example of how rappers illustrate their violence through their lyrics. The rapper was using explicit language and he showed that he was participating in criminal activity. According to Al Sharpton, often rap music is a way for african americans to vent about their hard lives. When different rappers get into an altercation they argue through their music and it tends to be violent lyrics (Sharpton 73). Many rappers who have conflict and argue are being violent and people who listen to it oftentimes catch on to the violence and thinks it is okay. Eventually through their violent music it turns into bigger problems and “occasionally a war of words between feuding rap stars turns into real violence and murder (Sharpton 73). The violent and explicit language that rappers tend to use in their music leads to criminal activity and that is a huge harm to our