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Is Rap Music the Cause of Violence? Since the late 1980s rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture, because of its so-called influence in peoples life. People swear up and down that the music is why people, specially the youth resort to violent crimes. ... 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 70s, the songs were seven to eight minutes long and was mostly used in small clubs to dance to. ... 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. ... and changed rap, which was the start of Gangsta Rap. In their lyrics they talked about crime, street violence and killing. ... Its 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. ... He took rap to a higher level where it never been before and I think that scared a lot of people. ... It was mostly those few who just didnt like rap from the start that spoke out and tried to ban it. ... Congress tried every way they could to keep youth from listening to this music because they felt it was making them commit crimes. ... This way parents could be aware of the type of music their kids listen to and could choose if they would like to allow them to listen to it. ... Besides you see little kids no older then 11 walking around listening to Lil Kim, Tupac, and all other rap artists cussing up a storm . ... In 1994 two 17-year-olds shot some police officers and said they did because they heard it in Tupacs music. ... Delores Tucker has been talking and protesting rap lyrics saying that they are harmful to the spirit of black youth. ... Just another person trying to bad mouth rap music for theyre own personal gain. Congress says they are concerned about childrens exposure to music with adult content, but really cant do too much because they have to respect the first amendment which says we have Freedom of Speech. ... Im not going to say that some youth wont listen to some rap music and get the wrong idea, but that also can happen with other types of music such as Alternative music which artists like Hole, Marilyn Manson, and the group Korn are big stars.
Approximate Word count = 2063
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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