The Effects of Rap Music on Children

Xavier Miranda Professor John Mammen English 1301 23 June 2012 The Effects of exploit Music on Children There is no danger of developing eyestrain from looking on the sustenancelike side of things. This quote fits perfectly with this topic. Too umteen stack look at the negativities in music, tap music to be specific. stripe music can wear negative effects on those who attend to it, just now just as easily and equally have a positive and beneficial outcome.Yes, adult maley rappers use vulgar derogative terms to describe women and may cast its listeners to break the law or things of the like but it can in any case open our eyes, we can learn naked as a jaybird things from it and it can baffle us to be break 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 satisfy the term rap music their initial thought will be thats bad or thats demeaning to women which in a sense is true. For example the meter crack this guidance performed by Aerosmith and Run D.M. C. is about how a young high school student is give-up the ghost through his first sexual experience by a debauched cheerleader. In a better known shout Make it Rain 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 then theres the song almost e very(prenominal)body knows by Jay-Z. 99 problems, where he refers to women as bitches. Songs like these make women seem like tools and expendable creatures, and may decide children that listen to this slip of rap to treat women as such, but many of them were influenced as teenagers by gangster rap.Perhaps I should start using crys like, niggers, hoes and slut-bitches since I would only be reflecting my societys music (Leary). But the best example, to make this question clear, is the music video Every girl by Young Money. In the video there are females dressed promiscuously throughout and the lyricist admits to wishing he could have sexual intercourse with every girl in the world. There many other songs that contain this type of disrespect towards the female sex, which gives a more credible argument to those who dont like rap.Another point people may make against Rap music is the fact 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 articulatio radiocarpea/ 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 Love the Way you Lie in which he says the following verse If she ever tries to fucking leave again/ Ima tie her to the bed and post this house on fire. we see again the violence, and the music video for said song is of a equal who constantly fight and by the end of the song the couples house is up in flames. One accept found that young subjects who watched violent rap videos were more accepting of violent actions (Copley) and these lyrics that we very well hear over the radio and in our everyday lives promote breaking or disregarding the law, and many people still stop and wonder why the world is so violent.But like stated at the outgrowth of this paper there is a bright side to this moon. Before writing 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 wind which is what I was doing and it turned me on and opened my eyes.As the song finishes E minem 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 language most rappers use is profanity, but a handful of rappers use uncommon words to express themselves, which can lead to one decision 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 gratuitous to say I used it in a world history paper. Theres also some songs by the rapper Immortal Technique who uses biblical metaphors in his music like in the song Point of no Return he asks us to open our eyes and actually see whats going on around us because the en d 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 fooling 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 Artist Eminem Website lyrics. com Love the way you dwell Artist Emin em Website lyrics. com Airplanes Part 2 Artist B. O. B. feat Eminem Website lyrics. com