feelings through their words on paper. However, there are quite a few rap artists that get

criticized for their lyrics. In my essay, I want to discuss why rappers use certain lyrics in

their music and why people shouldn't believe that it causes violence among the younger

generations. People shouldn't censor the music just because of violent, vulgar and

abusive messages it promotes to the world. I believe in my own mind, that there is a

reason for these types of lyrics that rap artists use and I will simply explain those reasons

Rap has been called one of the most important music forces to emerge in two

decades. It's pounding beats and staccato rhymes exploded on the streets of the urban

America in the early 1980s and since have become the theme music and lyrical heart of

the vibrant youth culture called hip-hop ( SIRS 1993).

There are many different types of rap artist. There are some that talk about

money, some talk about righteousness, and the list goes on and on. Every rap artist had

their own way of expressing themselves. There are those that talk about sex, drugs, and

life events and the positive things or outcomes of them.

reality. They know it's not right to go kill somebody and if there driven to that, that's not

Crew," named Luke Skywalker. These rap artists in the past have been appointed for the

instead of criticizing the person speaking about the problem. Drugs, Sex, and Violence

When rappers talk about drugs in their songs, they could be talking about how

a choice to do or not to do something then they shouldn't try to criticize it. To me, rap

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Approximate Word count = 1559
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)