Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Music true hip hop true hip hop “Is gangster rap hip-hop? Sure. Does gangster rap involve talent? I think not.” When people think of hip-hop music they think of violent rap that’s talking about killing and raping. Not all hip-hop is like that though. It’s not necessary to use obscenities or to speak of murder or drugs to be a good rapper. For some reason violence, sex, crime, and drugs are associated with rap. Rappers feel that they have to take on this gangster image in order to succeed. Not true! Violence is the main element of gangster rap. Most hardcore gangster artists such as Eminem, Rza and Ja Rule revolve their music around violence. As portrayed in even the names of some songs like Ja Rule’s hit “Murder for Life” and Rza’s “Domestic Violence”. Don’t get me wrong, these lyrical poets do have talent but if they could stray from lyrics about killing, they would receive more respect. Gangster rappers also seem to always encourage sex or demean women. Some songs are created with the mere purpose of disgracing women. Rapping about sex the way they do brings it down to their level and I find that as an insult. They need not disrespect our women. Who do they think they are? Drugs are another topic widely spoken by gangster rappers. They know the influence they have on today’s youth but they feel it necessary to repeatedly speak of marijuana, shrooms and so on. As much as they may deny it, some people do try drugs merely because their favorite performer thinks its cool. Eminem’s hit song “My Fault” made mushrooms more popular than they had ever been with the public. Mentioning how fun drugs supposedly are in songs is very unnecessary. The last but probably most common element of gangster rap is crime. Nearly every gangster rap song mentions a robbery or illegitimate act of vandalism. These songs give people ideas and puts the thoughts of committing any particular in the minds of any easily influenced person. I’m sure gangster rap could be held partly responsible for at least some of the crimes committed by their listeners. Many hip-hop stars have succeeded without speaking about violence, sex, drugs, and crime. Gangster rap is giving hip-hop a bad name. It’s making people think that all rap is gangster rap. Some people refuse to listen to any hip-hop because of the image that gangster rap is provoking, but who can blame them. Bibliography: Word Count: 410
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