Why Be a King When You Could Be a God?

Beginning in the 1980's, religious fundamentalists and some parents' groups have waged a persistent campaign to limit the variety of cultural messages available to American youth by attacking the content of some of the music industry's creative products. These attacks have taken numerous forms, including a call by

The 1950’s brought about the beginning of teen culture. The phrase, “teenager”, had only recently been invented but the word was already developing more weight and meaning. To be a teen encompassed the soul of rebellion. The formative years were a warp in the usual fast pace of life, a pause between childhood and adulthood. That pause was uncomfortable and foreign. It gave kids a chance to think and feel before being thrust into The Real World. That small break was enough for the seed of self-expression to slip through, and music is the ultimate form of self-expression. The birth of rock and roll, the constant threat of the cold war, the inescapable prison of segregation, and the chance to stop

A problem that Bennett makes clear is how impressionable the younger audiences are when they are exposed to rap and Hip-Hop. There’s many debate on the topic of children listening to the music, but before we can argue over whether children should be able to listen to the music we must go over the pros and cons to the music genre. The positive side is that rap is an accepted form of self-expression, and educators have shown that it has inspired kids to write. Many kids feel they can relate to the songs, and it persuades them to write their own in an attempt to make sense of the world around them. On the other hand Hip-Hop can have some negative effects as well. A large number of artists such as Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Eminem, and others involve the use of profanity, violence, references to sex and

McBride begins the essay by telling the readers of his nightmare. He once feared that his daughter would arrive home one day with a stereotyped rapper husband with “ mouthful of gold teeth, a do-rag on his head… and a thug attitude” (McBride 1). He came to realize that he in fact, hip-hop, a genre that he once didn’t believe was music, had become one of the most known genres in the world. The speaker first heard his first rap song at a college party in Harlem in 1980. The jazz lover he was, cringed at the rap music he claimed to be so poorly thought out and written. For the next 26 years of his life, he went out of his way to avoid hip-hop music all together, as if It was never there in the first place.

According to Mary Eberstadt, "contemporary adolescent popular music, especially the subgenres of heavy metal and hip-hop/rap, is uniquely degraded – and degrading – by the standards of previous generations." When compering music in the past and today, it is important to compere musical lyric too. Modern music is more aggressive and coarser than old music. Contemporary lyrics describe misogyny, violence, suicide, sexual exploitation, children abuse and other bad things. Mary Eberstadt explains the changes in musical lyric as a result of changes in society. Nowadays, music is not censored. In her essay "Eminem is Right," Eberstadt wrote about how Eminem is right in his songs because he understands the current family crisis that millions children

Danny Goldberg argues in "The Government Should Not Restrict Media Marketed to Children” that FTC regulation on media is affecting the entertainment industry’s profits on production of violent media content. The specific bill introduced is the Media Marketing Accountability Act of 2001. He believes that there should not be a restriction placed on marketing media to children. Goldberg posits that FTC regulation is a “radical bill” that takes away the power of parents to determine what is appropriate for their children (Goldberg). An additional point the author makes is that many of the restricted media, specifically rap music, is produced by African Americans; therefore, there is a culture bias on these restrictions. Thirdly, Goldberg states that limiting marketing on media to children, specifically

In the first year, they were taught to identify and analyze various forms of oppression in relation to the ways rap music portrayed the themes of racial identity, gender roles, ageism, stereotypes and youth problem behaviors. During the second year, they were taught collaboratively gender and violence and the effects of Rap Music Exposure on Political Opinions and Criminal Justice in which they wrote two empirical papers. It brought to my mind that they kinds of music that one listens to does influence his/her behavior or their way of being. By this, social media play a heavy role in the development of a child to the extent that they take whatever shown on television or through music videos as the ideal of life and that they should imitate similar behavior(s). For example, in Bandura’s study, the Bobo doll; the child developed aggressive behavior when he/she saw physical aggressive behavior towards the Bobo doll. In other words, adolescent(s) develop behavior(s) portrayed by social media to the extent that they imitate and believe that since others are engaging in similar behavior, thus, what they’re doing is the correct way of being. Putting that aside, Jager also explained heavily on the Wolverine

It was led to believe that affluent white teenagers were listening to this music that causes them to become defiant, disrespectful to authority and menace to society. Rock and roll is a mixture of a combined of different sounds of African-American musical harmony and upbeat background. It was a new blend of music emerging from 1948- 1951 because of the young generations needed to express their own identity. I, concur with Judge Hilda Schwartz “rock n roll did not cause riots or juvenile delinquency (Altschuler, p. 5, 2003)”; teenagers riot and juvenile delinquency exist long before this new music

Growing up Rap music was always played throughout the house. Although, my parents played this sort of music my upbringing was always redirected. I was always taught that just because DMX raps, " I got blood on my hands and there's no remorse" in his song "Bring Ya Whole Crew" doesn't in fact mean that you should have no remorse when you do wrong to others. Also, as I listen to songs like "The Race by Tay-K," who states "Rob a n-word shoes, rob a n-word lace" these lyrics don’t encourage me to go out and rob people of their hard-earned materials. If parents don't control what their children listen or even redirect the statements stated in the lyrics. "Monitor your children's music the same way you supervise their use of television, videos, and the Internet. Developmental psychologists and other researchers who study the effect of media on children have found that parents who are involved in all their children's media choices

As the decade of the 1970’s came to an end, a new Black music emerged like much of the others - wrapped in social realities of an genuinely Black experience. Rap/Hip Hop bursted on the seams relating many of the same political messages and ideologies heard decades before. Echoing the Black Power movement and using the musical culture as a way to rebuild Black communities constantly under attack, rap brought real life stories of an urban, younger

The emergence of Rock and Roll was one of the most pivotal moments of our nation’s history. The impact that this genre of music made is still evident in our culture. However, before this genre was able to gain momentum, it faced many cultural conflicts. The book, All Shook Up: How Rock ‘N’ Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler analyzes the impact that rock and roll music has made on American culture. It explores how the Rock and Roll culture was able to roughly integrate and later conflict with preceding cultural values. This is especially apparent in chapters regarding race and sexuality. Overall, Rock and Roll was extremely controversial amongst parents and educators. This new music genre was condemned by the previous generation as

In “Eminem Is Right” Mary Eberstadt uses Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos effectively to touch on a very talked about topic at the turn of the century. Eberstadt uses these rhetoric devices to take a different approach on the content of today’s music. Ethos is used to connect a relationship between the themes in the different generation of music, Pathos to look behind the words used in the music, and Kairos gives more strength to the other rhetorical devices used in the article. Eminem might just be right according to Mary Eberstadt.

The corruptness of music today seems to be linked to the crude language and aggression found particularly in hip-hop and rap music. Some rap artists use vulgar language in their lyrics that are easily adoptable by teens (Holden). Not only have certain lyrics influenced the way teens speak but also their actions. An article on Headliners.org stated that “lyrics in the music are too violent and are to blame for many problems.” The problems range anywhere from suicide and aggression towards women to underage drinking and drug use. Lyrics are not only to blame, but also what people see in artists’ music videos can affect what they do (Doaks). The urge to emulate these rap musicians has escalated quickly causing a spike in rebellious tendencies among teens.

Marshall Mathers, widely known as Eminem, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor, who is recognized as one of the most controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century (“Eminem”). Marshall writes most of his lyrics through his personal life experiences while adding a comical “I don’t give a S***” vibe to them. He struggled through a rough and lonely childhood, had relationship issues, became a father at a young age, and worked hard with dedication and persistence to get where he is today.

Eminem is one of the most famous rappers of all time,but it was no easy ride. He was basically homeless as child. He had absolutely nothing ,but that didn't stop him. Look at him now , he’s one of the most well known rappers and has released at least 3 albums.