Rappers and Their Negative Impact on Today's Society
Artist like 50 Cent, David Banner and Snoop Dogg fail to understand the impact they make outside of the African American community. What is even more disturbing is how many of these artists come down on today's community leaders like Reverend Al Sharpton and media mogul Oprah Winfrey. Just last week artist David Banner released a statement regarding Reverend Al Sharpton on the rap website SOHH.com:
"The next time you see Al Sharpton, tell him I said **** him and he can suck my ****. I might change the name of my album from 'The Greatest Story Never Told' to **** Al Sharpton."'
This flaming display of anger towards Reverend Sharpton comes on the heels of The Reverend going after rap artist to stop using words like ho's and niggas in their lyrics.
Artists using the lame excuse that they are rapping about what's going on in the "hood" are grasping at straws to justify their lyrics. True enough the low income communities in our country are hotbeds of drugs and gun violence but that type of behavior should not be glorified. These rappers have the power of their tongues to uplift their neighborhoods. They have a gift of words to break the negative strong holds that continue to plague urban communities.
There is nothing wrong with having a good time and fun party music, but why must today's lyrics have to include strippers doing unmentionable things and vivid descriptions of the female anatomy?
My goal is not to come down on the artist or silence them for good. These young men have talent. They have a voice in the world, they are being heard. Often the people that are hearing them, like Bill O'Reilly are using what they say against them thus making everyone in the hip hop game a target for criticism. Many of these artists have to stop and think about the impact they have on those around the world and in their communities.
It's not all about the grills, rims, guns and getting drunk. There are people in low income communities working and going to school. Not everyone carries a gun nor sell drugs. Celebrate the grandmothers who kept their families together, celebrate the young man on his way to college, celebrate the young mother working and going to school. Take time out to rap about the positive to uplift the negative in your "hoods".
Published by Lorraine Hayden
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Post a Commenti feeel that men are very rude and needs to be more nicer to woman!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT IT IS, IS PEOPLE"S MIND IS ALREADY BRAINWASH AND CURROPT HOW OUR BLK SOCIETY IS.. ME DONT PERSONALLY LIVE IN THE HOOD, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN DA HOOD RIDING AND SHYT, AND PEOPLE LOVE TOO MAKE EXCUSES AND BLAIMING PEOPLPE AND JUSTIFING THERE BAD ACTIONS... THERES NO JUSTIFIE IN BLK ON BLK CRIME... AND WAT DAVID BANNER SAID, IF SUMONE HELP, BUT ITS PROBABLY TOO LATE, THERE BRAINS IN BRAINWASH AN HONESTLY I DONT THINK NIGGAS KILLIN NIGGAS IS EVER GON STOP, YOU CANT BLAME THAT ON NO ONE BUT YOUR SELF... EVERYONE IS RESPONISBLE FOR THERE ON ACTIONS.. AN TOO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IN THE BLK COMMUNITY SUMONE LIKE MARTIN LURTHER KING HAVE TOO BE PRESENT, BUT SENCE PEOPLE ARE SOO INTO THESE RAPPERS WHO TALK ABOUT NON SENCE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TOO MAKE MUSIC TOO HELP PEOPLE.... P.S IMA FEMALE RAPPER
What people don't seem to understand is you are only going to get what they give you. They control the music and those who listen to it minds. To deep to explain, just start growing up and try to start seeing how perhaps Hip-hop is an acronym for "Helping I gnorant People - hurt Our People". Keep in mind, who controls it and who's being used to sell ignorance "globally".
Ya i agree with him
Shamontiel you stated the following, "The government has to be willing to also correct the problems in these neighborhoods." To that I say, why in the heck is it the Governments problem and why must these people look to the Government to fix their problems? Poor little us we need someone to help us out, the government owes us, the government is run by the evil white man but we still want it's help. Help yourself, fix yourself, take responsibility for your own actions, that sounds more like what should be practiced. Lift up yourself, don't expect that others owe you something. Empower the people to bring about a change from within.
...out with the song "911 Is A Joke," instead of the police taking into account that they arrive late to lower income areas, instead they wanted that song off the air. Same with "Fuck the Police." The government has to be willing to also correct the problems in these neighborhoods. Now that's when I start agreeing with David Banner. If nobody will do anything to HELP these areas, then people will continue to talk about these issues.
I do realize that when a person curses at another individual, that individual stops even trying to make sense of what you're saying and instead focuses on the words you use that are slanderous. I would think that if Banner took the time to have an intelligent discussion with Sharpton, he would've gotten further than telling him to give him head. All that letter did was support Sharpton's point, make Banner look stupid, and nothing was solved. I have zero respect for Snoop, Ice T, and other lyricists who have no point whatsoever. However, there are some lyricists who sincerely are talking about the areas they grew up in, and all areas are not nonviolent. If they're talking about carrying guns on them, they're not always glorifying violence. They're speaking on the neighborhoods they live in, and how dangerous they are. When hip hop took on this edge, it was supposed to be to express themselves and to bring it to the government in hopes of some form of help. When Public Enemy came ou
ran out of room...lol..I am glad to see that some rappers don't have to use the f word or the n word.
Great article on a very touchy and delicate subject. I love all forms of music, including Rap and Hip-Hop, there is a great difference in Rap music that makes a valid point in what the artist is saying without degrading anyone-including their-self. There are a disturbing populace of today's youth whom have no guidance, and naturally they turn to their peers, and often times not-do not have their best interest at heart.
rappers brings good things and bad things to the people especially for the kids ,they give them courage and hope but sometimes they should behave themselvies ,thats the very point i like eminem through the 8 mile thats pretty cool movie