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Media Studies Essay
Tom Bullock 10L
Introduction.
Rap Music, a descendant of reggae, is characterised by rapidly chanted, rhyming vocal lines and a hypnotic, repetitive beat. Rap music has become extremely popular over the past few years and its popularity is increasing rapidly. Rap originated among black teenagers in Harlem and The Bronx in the early 1980’s. ... Rap acquired the usual trapping of any pop music genre, with its own dress code, with fans normally stereotyped listening to the music on large, portable “ghettoblasters” and writing their adopted names in spray paint on walls, bus shelters and other buildings. Different styles became popular by the 1990’s such as jazz rap, gangster rap and reggae rap. The strong political attack of Public Enemy made them one of the most influential rap groups. ...
In this essay I am going to examine 50 Cent and Eminem for my two case studies. ...
Rap music mainly appeals to teenagers because of the ‘colourful’ and interesting lives of the artists and its “Bad Boy” lyrics. Also, rap appeals to teenagers because the teenagers could feel the same as the rapper(s). A rapper may rap about them and their partner splitting up and the listener may have split up also. They use rap to help themselves cool down and express how they feel about everyday issues and things that have happened during their lives
Why is rap controversial?
Rap is controversial because of its extreme lyrics. ... In current society, rap music has been criticized for being violent. There has been controversy surrounding the use of drug references, illegal money matters, weapons, murder, and overall unacceptable behaviour that is present in some rap music. ... He was initially attracted to rap as a teen and began rapping when he was 12, rapping in a basement of a friend house, under the name of M&M. ... As he continued his abuse of alcohol and drugs, his rap grew more violent and darker. ... The truth is that Eminem took second place at a Rap Olympics Battle in L. ... After all this rap stuff, when all the glitter and glam is gone, I’m going back to being Marshall Manners. ...
Eminem: I can’t imagine what I’d be doing anything but rap except for cooking and washing dishes. ... I didn’t start rapping because I wanted to be rich – I wanted to rap because I wanted people to think I was dope. ... The film opens with Eminem, named in the film as ‘Rabbit’, is preparing himself for a rap battle at The Shelter, a local club where who rapper try to wind each other up and gain the support of the audience.
Approximate Word count = 2179
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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