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The Art Of Hip Hop

The art of hip-hop is taking verbal assualts from every angle in America, from being the main cause of violence among teenagers in lower class communities to being the promoter of drugs and sex elsewhere in the world. With crime rates constantly on the rise on a day to day basis the media and politicians have decided to point the blame on one of the most urban form of expression amongst teenagers. The hip-hop culture has been around for a long time, now the focus is hip-hop and it’s contribution to violence amongst our society, especially our teens, but one rap artist said it best, “Scarface the movie did more than Scarface the rapper did to me,” now I ask you, is rap music the culprit?” People, think that gangster rap, more importantly the lyrics have a major effect on children in the communities and that it promotes violence. The words that rap artist use may not be suitable for everybody to listen to but each has a choice in what they listen to. The abusive language and rise of violence found in most gangster rap songs are what we are faced within society that many people have failed to deal with so they just push the issue under the rug and and focus on an issue that either they don’t understand or that they feel strongly against for whatever reason. Some talk about the violence of gangster rap music, comparing it to what we see on television there is really no comparison. Violence is not going anywhere and will be here even when rap is gone whether it is on television, radio or in real life. Why people blame rap music is still a question that makes me wonder? Magazines are being sold in nearly every store far worse than anything ever put on cd. Movies are not alone innocent either, whether it be on regular television or cable, all you have to do is turn the knob.



“I can admit that there are some problems in hip-hop, but it is only a reflection of what is taking place in our society. Hip-hop is sick because America is sick.” (David Banner, a...