The Effects of Rap Music on Children

Xavier Miranda Professor John Mammen English 1301 23 June 2012 The Effects of box Music on Children There is no risk of infection of developing eyestrain from looking on the bright side of things. This retell fits perfectly with this expireic. Too more people look at the negativities in medicine, belt symphony to be specific. Rap music can engender ostracize effects on those who beware to it, but well(p) as easily and equ alto waste ones timehery have a positive and beneficial asidecome.Yes, many bumppers use vulgar derogative terms to describe women and may settle its listeners to break the law or things of the like but it can to a fault open our eyes, we can learn new things from it and it can influence us to be better people and do things, good things, with our lives. Now Rap isnt anything new its been around since about the 1970s and been influencing those who listen to it for about 40 years now (Rap). When people date the term rap music their initial thought will be thats injurious or thats demeaning to women which in a sense is true. For example the bird air Walk this way performed by Aerosmith and come off D.M. C. is about how a offspring high schooldays student is learn through his first sexual experience by a profligate cheerleader. In a better known song Make it come down by Fat Joe he says Owwwww mamis body is banging, man/ she got it, man/ she does it all She gets it popping with no hands And consequently theres the song almost everybody knows by Jay-Z. 99 problems, where he refers to women as bitches. Songs like these feature women livem like tools and expendable creatures, and may influence children that listen to this pillowcase of rap to treat women as such, but many of them were influenced as teenagers by gangster rap.Perhaps I should start using haggling like, niggers, hoes and slut-bitches since I would except be reflecting my societys music (Leary). But the best example, to make this point clear, is the music v ideo Every girlfriend by Young Money. In the video there are females dressed promiscuously throughout and the lyrist admits to wishing he could have sexual intercourse with every girl in the domain. There many other songs that contain this type of relate towards the female sex, which adds a more credible argument to those who dont like rap.Another point people may make against Rap music is the accompaniment that many Rappers Rap and live very violently. Eminem is at the top of my list when it comes to being violent. Theres the song Who knew? in which he defends himself by saying I never knew I, knew Id effect this kid/ I never knew Id, get him to slit his wrist/ I never knew Id, get him to hit this bitch Although the song in and of itself is a bit ironic, Eminem acknowledges the fact that now he knows he can influence his listeners with his music.And in savour the Way you Lie in which he says the following verse If she ever tries to fucking leave again/ Ima tie her to the be d and set this hold on fire. we see again the violence, and the music video for said song is of a couple who constantly fight and by the end of the song the couples house is up in flames. One study found that young subjects who watched violent rap videos were more accepting of violent actions (Copley) and these lyrics that we very nearly hear over the radio and in our everyday lives promote open frame or disregarding the law, and many people still stop and oddment why the world is so violent.But like stated at the seed of this paper there is a bright side to this moon. Before pen this paper laziness overcame me and I began to procrastinate and started listening to music and then the song Airplanes Part 2 by B. o. b. feat. Eminem came on. Towards the end of the song Eminem says the words Pretend he procrastinated had no motivation/ Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper thin they could blow away with the leading which is what I was doing and it turned me on and opene d my eyes.As the song finishes Eminem continues to rap in third person about himself and how if it wasnt for this one moment in his life that he had not chased his dream he wouldnt be who he wanted to be. I then proceeded to get up and write this paper. So this song had an effect, a positive one on me. And it can have similar effects on others who listen to it. The expression most rappers use is profanity, but a handful of rappers use queer words to express themselves, which can lead to one finding out the definition of the word and later possibly using them in school work.For example Eminem uses the word antidisestablishmentarianism which is a political position in the Anglican Church that chooses to withdraw support from certain churches. And needless to say I used it in a world history paper. Theres likewise some songs by the rapper Immortal Technique who uses scriptural metaphors in his music like in the song Point of no Return he asks us to open our eyes and actually see wha ts going on around us because the end of the world is near. Music like everything else has a good side and a bad side.Most people ignore the good and disregard Rap music as a whole. As expressed in this paper, yes it can have negative effects and influence children to do bad things but it can also influence them in a good way and even give them certain tools to use in the future. Works Cited Copley, J.. Rap Musics Psychological Effects. psychology at suite 101. Glam Entertainment, 2008. Web. 8 whitethorn 2012. . Leary, sam . Gangster rap has negative impact on society. The Daily Campus.N. p. , 2002. Web. 8 May 2012. Rap Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Ed. Colin Larkin. Muze Inc and Oxford University Press, Inc. 2009. Encyclopedia of Popular Music (e-reference edition). Oxford University Press. Tarrant County College. 8 May 2012 http//www. encpopmusic4. com/entry? Entry=t270. e52529 Lyrics Make it rain artist Fat Joe Website lyrics. com Who Knew artisan Eminem Website lyrics. com Love the way you lie Artist Eminem Website lyrics. com Airplanes Part 2 Artist B. O. B. feat Eminem Website lyrics. com