"The beat has them bopping, and the words have them thinking; from the tenement-lined streets of Harlem, New York to mansion parties in Beverly Hills. Rap Music once popular amongst blacks in New York, Washington D.C, and Philadelphia." (www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/palladium/8153/whatisrap.htm) Today, in the year 2000, rap music is spreading rapidly in popularity across the world and overtaking all other forms of music in sales and recognition. Thirty-five years ago, it was The Beatles who had sent everyone into a music frenzy with such hits "Yellow Submarine" and "I Wanna Hold Your hand", but in the year 1984 when the rap group N.W.A took over with their smash hit "Straight Outta Compton", the face of music has been forever changed. What was known to be African-American pop music, rap is now, one of the most talked about and controversial forms of music within the rock era ." (www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/palladium/8153/raphistory.htm ) Rap music does not display a positive influence on youth, because it promotes violence, influences the use of drugs and alcohol, represents sexuality in a negative way, and the unambiguous lyrics are completely unsuitable in today's society.
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Tupac ShakurRap music is displayed in a violent nature throughout both, rappers and the people who listen to it are influenced to commit violent acts throughout their lives. Some say that rap music is only just a reflection of the violence that many urban dwellers deal with in America every day, however violent acts committed are claimed to be based on rap music. (www.valpo.edu/home/student/nkinsey/research.html ) "Rap superstar Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs has been indicted on weapons-possession charges stemming from a nightclub gunfight two weeks ago. Puff Daddy has been accused of having two loaded, 9mm pistols within his possession after a shooting at a Manhatten club on December 27, 1999." (www.canoe.ca/jammusicartistsp/puffdaddy.html )
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