Among the most common subjects of rap and hip-hop is violence and misogyny. They emphasize these two as inevitable regularities of the life lived in the streets. Their music reflects this fact by promoting violence and misogyny, which poses adverse influences on not only children and teenagers in the ghettos and urban cities but also other people affected by them.

Violence and misogyny is a very serious problem that the American people have to face in today's society. It is rapidly growing and is more frequent in major cities and suburbs. Most random acts of violence

Another form of violence that rap and hip-hop artists promote is rape. Rappers present sexist material in their lyrics that demean women by using them as objects of transient sexual gratification. For example, one rap song entitled "Night Trolling" consists of graphic content against women. "Evil 'E' was out cooling with a freak one night, Fucked the bitch with a flashlight. Pulled it out and left the batteries in so he could get a chance when he begun (Teachout 61) According to Teachout, in the world of rap it is the destiny of women to be picked u , casually fornicated with, and left behind by their men (61) Truly sexist and demeaning against women, rap and hip-hop music is still sadly encouraged and glamorized by fans around the country simply because of the artist and the "beats," not the song lyrics.

Gang violence is a most common problem in urban city streets across the nation. It is a known fact that a large portion of gang violence is rape among women. "These lyrics are derogatory sexual innuendoes viewed by many as promoting gang rape." (Ro 143) Gang rape is a serious problem today and is vastly growing. The reason why gangs are motivated to do these actions is because they want a sense of power, much like rappers. Their goal is to get as much pleasure out of women to earn and feel that sense of power. By calling women derogatory names, rappers and gangsters can feel the power over the women because they believe that calling women derogatory names brings the a sense of domination and more manlyhood. A former gangster rap group called N.W.A (Niggaz with Attitude) express extreme gang violence in their lyrics regarding rape "This is the bitch that did the whole crew, She did it so much we made bets on who the ho would love to go through...And she lets you videotape her, and if you got a gang of niggers the bitch'll let you rape her."

If you though that song lyrics are bad, the song titles are just as worse. Most song titles are very extreme and have deeper meanings to it. For example Dr.Dre's hit son "Let Me Ride,: has two connotations: the first refers to sexual encounter and the second refers to the sexual act of intercourse. Snoop Doggy Dog's album "Doggystyle" refers to the sexual act of having sex through the "rear entry" position. Finally, K7's "Come Baby Come," incorporates a "catchy" chorus line saying "I come baby come, baby baby, come come... if ya gotta give me loving then you've gottta give me some..." (qtd in Sexton 64) which basically refers to the sexual act.

(qtd in Ro 143) Women are not only raped violently by men, but are also physically abused. As quoted in on of Dr. Dre's lyrics "If your bitches talks s***, I have to put the smack down" (qtd in Holmes 63) there have been countless reports of abuse to women in hotels, homes, and even in public places.

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