Has rap affected people today?

Question

I see it a lot. Teenage pregnancies and sex, drug and alclohol abuse, rule-breaking!

And sagging pants, jeez, pull 'em up unless you want to be pantsed easily!

I hate today's rap and some of the R&B (Irreplaceable played on the radio 6 times in two hours!) because it changed society. I listen to old school rap and electronica. You know why? It doesn't affect me!

So what do you think: Has rap affected today's people?

You think it!

NWA vs. Young Joc

Blackalicous vs. Eminem

Lootpack vs. Akon

Anything from 1995 and back is cool!

Those guys today are just artifical ametaurs, they aren't at all amazing!

Answer 1

I know... It doesn't effect me, but it has effected others.

"S.E.X. "and "Promiscuous" are good examples.

MTV is also like that. Like in "Exposed", they asked how many times have you had a one-night-stand, and when someone said no, they said "unfortunately". Or in "Next", some girl got nexted because she was a virgin. MTV is acting like it's bad if u don't have sex!! That's just messed up.

Answer 2

No, it doesn't affect us. We act that way not because of rap, but because we think it's cool. No one cares if one person doesn't approve of it. Rap is a style, rap is music, rap is art. So is R&B. If you can't accept that, or even see that, then you're just blind.
And if you blame rap for teenage pregnancies, drugs, etc., then you're no different than the lazy parents who let their kids do whatever they want. When I hear a rap song, I don't think, "hmm, now that I've heard that, I think I might go smoke, or have sex!" No one thinks that.
"Old school" songs talked about the same things, too. I don't have a list in my head, but I have definitely heard a lot of songs that are worse than any rap I've ever heard.

Answer 3

I hate rap. Some hip/hop is okay, but all music can definitely affect anyone who is weak-minded or impressionable. It should be used for entertainment purposes only and not as a guiding light in your life.

I do agree that today's rap is so raw and disrespectful that it definitely can affect the minds of young people. The videos are all X-rated. It all started with Two Live Crew, IMO.

What happened to the days of Afrika Bambada, Kraftwerk, Egyptian Lover, and the Grand Master Flash groups? Those were the days.

Answer 4

I'm annoyed with rap right now. Nowadays, they rap about ANYTHING. I never liked Money in the Bank or Snap your Fingers. I'm not saying that I hate rap. I'm just saying that I hate what's playing right now. I still listen to old school rap though.

I like irreplaceable though.

It only affects you if you let it affect you. I don't think rap is completely responsible for how people act.

Answer 5

Don't just go after rap. All of pop culture has affected people. You will just have to deal with it. Yes rap does affect people. If people want to wear their pants like that then so be it, if you don't like it then don't look. People should have the right to wear their clothes as they please. That is a part of being free and expressing yourself. I don't listen to rap as much as I use to, more rock for me but yea, tat is what makes us us. Besides there were plenty of people having sex and doing drugs back in your days and just as much drinking and rule breaking so get over yourself. I've listen to stuff that you would consider bad but I'm not having sex or doing drugs and alcohol or law-breaking.

Answer 6

THANKYOU, SOMEONE FINALLY AGREES WITH ME!!
I hate rap for not only this reason, but also 'cause it's pathetic. Just a random person TALKING and they get paid millions for it! It shows a complete lack of talent.
As far as your point goes, I'm with ya. Ever listened to 50 Cent? Akon? Chammilionare? If you listen carefully or google the lyrics, the songs have a disgusting meaning that is pointless.
And yes, Old School rap is much better. You know why? It HAS MEANING!

Answer 7

I don't listen to rap but I agree to a certain extent. My 14 year old sister, Elyse goes around singing, "HE'S GONNA DO HER TONIGHT, BLAH BLAH" and I personally can't even hear the words. My sister Elyse wears the saggy pants and all and I think that her boyfriend is a gangsta. She also goes around with the hats to the side and giant gold chains, the 'pimp' cup. It's ridiculous. I mean and then there's that song S.E.X. Elyse was listening to that song while playing WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD SON. I mean people, for the sake of the kids make it so there is a legal age to listen to rap. And I'm not saying that just because I'm a mom and white as some of you may think. I mean some songs I allow, white and nerdy, Ms. New Booty, but others I do not allow. I mean like these songs are suggestive to those motions, but the kids went and got THEMSELVES pregnant. The song didn't come pull off their pants.

Answer 8

I agree and disagree at the same time I listen to rap and R&B cause not all rap and R&B is bad some is but not all for instance 50 cent I don't like him cause in his music all he does is talk about all that stuff you were talking about but some is okay like Lloyd and Usher is bad also some other rappers and singers aren't bad so 50% of rap and 50% 50% of R&B is bad.

Answer 9

this could be a mind-blowing factor yet i think it effects city youngsters moreso than absolutely everyone else. youngsters or little ones in an more suitable project could be waiting to look on the music and notice it for what it somewhat is, like it, recite it, dance to it, yet no longer bypass as so some distance as to make it a life style (there are some that bypass overboard yet in many situations it somewhat is short lived like those interior the suburbs or greater center classification families, they could be into it for awhile yet through the time its time for college or a job....yet they're going to nonetheless hear to it). a lot of those rappers "signify" the hood or the interior city and thats what those youngsters are seeing and that they are idolizing those dudes. it somewhat is undesirable with the aid of fact those adult adult males arent sending out beneficial messages (and those that do are the two no longer commonly used, or theyre efforts are not newsworthy or broadcasted everywhere as much as there radioplay or movies are). those inner city youngsters see no person in each and every of their enviroment making any of themselves and that they have not have been given anybody to look as much as yet what they see, and what they see around them is exactly a similar , the rapper life style. i think are being the main effected through this and that's partly why many human beings arent makin out the hood and with all this gun communicate the streets of inner cities everywhere have become worse and worse

Answer 10

no, i don't think today's rap music is the sole reason for the way people are acting these days. teens have always gotten pregnant, used drugs and alcohol, and broken their parents rules no matter what music they listen to or what generation they are from. not everyone listens to rap music. my hubby is 23 years old and listens to rap music. he is one of the most responsible i have ever met for that age. especially when he was married with a child by 22.