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Hip Hop As A Freak

"I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop". This simple sentence is the beginning to the song that would change the face of American culture. Hip-Hop not only has shaped the music industry but it has changed the way American Culture has functioned. The way the lyrics are interpreted in society and the way that the lyrics are so openly accepted by the mass culture. The majority of people in the country don't take any mind to the vulgar and degrading lyrics. They go to dance parties, they sing them in their car, and they put the songs on their Myspace's. They don't really analyze the difference between the songs that have meaning, songs made to help change the culture in a positive way and the songs about women, cash, hoes, drugs, crime and other things that are shunned upon. Rappers are getting away with say that they have killed people, beaten people, death threats, sold drugs, slapped women, spent millions of dollars on cars and jewelry and they are never arrested for this. They get tattoos of tear drops by their eyes, which means that you have killed someone, and some rappers have as many as 6 tears on their face and still nothing happens. Rappers instead of being punished of vulgar lyrics are celebrated. Rappers get shoes deals, movie deals, more money from their record labels, they do sponsorships, make clothing lines, make energy drinks. They are always under the microscope by the government but the public has an overwhelming demand for the music so the government does nothing to them. They are heroes and role models. The rappers who talk about peace From T.V. Shows to Alcoholic drinks to energy drinks to clothing lines. But it hasn't always been that way, and it does have its dark sides. The lyrics have been debated as much as which is better Shampoo or Conditioner. From degrading women, making money (legally or illegally), drugs, crime, life in the ghetto and many other topics. So are these rappers freaks? Do they serve the...