Rap And Violence
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Rap And Violence
Since the late 1980's rap music has been called the Anti Christ
in our culture, because of it's so-called influence in people's life. People
swear up and down that the music is why people, specially the youth resort to
violent crimes. I think by saying this they are trying to cover up the real
truth by giving simple answers. Rap is defined as a style of popular music
consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompaniment. The first
rap song was made in the late 70's, the songs were seven to eight minutes long
and was mostly used in small clubs to dance to. It didn't really become popular
until the early 80's. Over the years it has become mainstream music, everyone is
listening to it. In the last four years rap made up 60% of music bought in
stores in the United States. In 1989 a local group called N.W.A.(Niggaz Wit
Attitudes) came from out of L.A. and changed rap, which was the start of Gangsta
Rap. In their lyrics they talked about crime, street violence and killing. Once
they were a huge hit, it caught on, and really that's when all this madness
started. Everyone started rapping Gangsta style. More and more people started
rapping about police brutality and killing people and with that crime rose to
high levels. In my opinion it's not the artists or the record company's fault
that crime rose. It's not their responsibility to look after every person who
listens to their music. In all these years of rap though there are three people
who took the most criticism from the public. Dr. Dre was one, after N.W.A. broke
up he went on to do his own thing, and after he released "The Chronic"
he became a star. He took rap to a higher level where it never been before and I
think that scared a lot of people. He was rapping about drive by's, having sex
with hundreds of women, drinking alcohol all day and so on. By this time the
crime rate was sky high and a lot of people where looking for easy answers. It
was mostly those few who just didn't like rap from the start that spoke out and
tried to ban it. Most rappers loved the style Dr. Dre created, and so they tried
to take the style and create something of their own. Along with Dr. Dre he
helped a rising star Snoop Doggy Dog to become a big star by guest staring on
his "The Chronic" album. Snoop released "Doggy Style" and it
was a hit. His style similar to Dr. Dre made it a hit. It was his best-selling
album to date. Congress tried every way they could to keep youth from listening
to this m...
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