Effects of Rap on Today’s Youth.

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“The music is still young, so young that most veterans haven’t yet hit 40” (Kinnon 76). “Rap has become the largest-selling category of recorded music, and youth-obsessed culture-watchers are busily assuring us that we are all hop-hoppers now” (Teachout 14). With all the controversy surrounding the mysterious deaths of rap artists Tupac Shakur and BIG, rap was and is viewed as dangerous and violent. How did Tupac and BIG’s death effect rap? I would like to address the problem of crude rap lyrics on today’s youth. Is profanity in rap lyrics effecting our kids? I would like to investigate how and why Will Smith achieved musical fame through his clean lyrics. I would also like to look at the impact that Tupac and BIG’s deaths had on people and rap itself.
I found three sources from newspapers and three sources from magazines. I found both from the Internet on EBSCOhost and Lexis-Nexis databases. Both types of sources have info on rap artists and rap it self. Most of the information is from with in the past five years. I have found an interesting source from 1988, just when rap was starting to become main stream with society. I also have another source from 1992. That is when people began realizing the dangerous influence of rap lyrics.
The specific kinds of information that will be collected will be on, if and how Tupac and BIG’s deaths affected the way people viewed rap lyrics. I will also gather info on Will Smith’s fame achieved through good rap lyrics. I will also collect information on Tipper Gore what she did to try to prevent rap lyrics from reaching our youth. I also plan to see if there is a link between rap lyrics and violence.
The conclusions I will come to through gathering info, I can come up with the effects of crude rap lyrics on our youth. I can see how much of a good role model Will Smith is with his positive lyrics. By viewing the examples of famous rap artist’s deaths, I ...