Jose Alvarez Rap and Rock Music’s Negative Influence on Teens Today Rap and rock music influence teenagers in several different ways these days. Many people feel it can persuade people to do violent acts or sets a bad example. The Parent’s Music Resource Center (PMRC) says that, “listening to heavy metal music leads to antisocial behavior like juvenile delinquency, breakup of the family, rise in satanic cults, and teen suicide.”(PMRC#3) Many suicides …showed first 75 words of 2624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2624 total…provides a major influence as a person matures and grows. Young people deserve to have the same education and not have it influenced by sex, drugs or violence which rock and rap music obviously bring about. Throughout the generations music has been an influence on teens. The only difference is that now it does it in a negative way. This is why we need to stop these negative influences our children are being exposed to.