The Negative Effects Of Rap Music Rap music has come to be one of the most popular, yet controversial, music genres of the past decade. While the music provides a voice to the voiceless and a form of protest to the oppressed, much of it seems to articulate the rage of the urban underclass and its sense of intense oppression and defiant rebellion. Rap, then, is not only music to dance and party to, but …showed first 75 words of 1406 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1406 total…knows that teenagers are very easily influenced by their friends and their idols, including the rap artists. So, why do they continue to do as they do? Why aren’t peaceful solutions suggested as a means of escape? Perhaps the radio networks should come together and ban songs that promote and praise violence and degradation. Something needs to be done to protect the youth of today, and to stop the violence from continuing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**