I am doing a persuasive speech on why rap music makes a positive contribution to society. I need concret evidence, like statistics of some kind, or polls, or any websites that you think may help!
2006-12-15 10:48:27 · 5 answers · asked by bflewis14 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Why, hello again. :) "Rap music study" gets a lot of bad stuff on Google, but I found one abstract saying it can help.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10519852&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_docsum
Third paragraph from the end: teens who listen heavily to rap are often more sexually active, but whether it is caused by rap music is hard to determine.
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2003/E/20032793.html
Under "dislike" there are positive testimonials.
http://www-mcnair.berkeley.edu/2001journal/SStrings.html
Book. Probably not very helpful.
Rap Music and Street Consciousness CHERYL L. KEYES University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2002 302 pp.
2006-12-15 11:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by Halcyon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rap Music Statistics
2016-10-15 22:44:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no "facts" all you can do is use your opinion, it really makes no positive or negative contributions, nor does rock, R&B, Punk, Darkwave, Electronic, Industrial, or any other gennres you can think of
2006-12-15 11:05:08 · answer #3 · answered by Ethernaut 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
good luck with that.
A book i can point you to is "Black Noise" by Tricia Rose.
a recent article:
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=9665
2006-12-15 11:22:48 · answer #4 · answered by wondering 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yyyyeeeaaahhhhhh.... Good luck with that!
2006-12-15 10:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋