Rap & Hip Hop, why so violent and vulgar?

Question

I do not mean to sound predjudice, but I am looking for an honest answer. Why is it that music that is often referred to as "black" music, such as hip hop and rap, so often extremely vulgar and violent? I personally listen to country, but I notice that almost anytime people are listening to rap or hip hop, there is often swearing, mention of killing/raping someone, gangs and shootouts, etc. It is also often loaded with the words "b*tch" and "n*gg*r". Why is this? Why don't more people who enjoy rap music have "clean" music? Isn't it possible that listening to this type of music gives the children/adolesence who listen to it the wrong message? If a kid listens to songs about people shooting each other every time they get pissed at someone, what is to keep them from thinking this is the norm?

Answer 1

Here we go!! Another, "I just don't understand why can't they use this word or that word".

WHY IS THAT THE ONLY WORDS YOU HEAR IN THE SONG????? THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY WORDS BEING SAID!!! THERE IS A MESSAGE -- U DON' T GET IT BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS BLOCKED FROM PRE-CONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT RAP MUSIC

I grew up in the pj's with Grand Master Flash jamming in the street parks hooking up to street lights. EVERYONE was out there listening Mothers, Fathers, Grandmothers, kids, etc. -- it was music. You didn't hear as many curse words and you do now (they would have never gotten produced) and times are different. Are u allowed to wear pink hair, get size 44 HHH circus ****, get tatooed and pierced??? ITS THE SAME PRINCIPLE -- Life is about choices -- when you start limiting my choice -- you limit YOURSELF!!

Why don't you go to azlyrics.com and just print out differen lyrics so you can UNDERSTAND the underlying message. Start with Notorious B.I.G., NAS, Slick Rick, T.I., Lil Wayne -- anybody -- read their STORIES. Maybe that will help you understand.
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BTW, Country music has just as much f***** up isht happening as rap -- beating up their women, cheating, guns, no job, drugs, drinking, etc. No difference in context, just rhythm!!
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Answer 2

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Answer 3

The belief that Hip Hop culture is violent and vulgar is a common misconception that is widely accepted as being true among many uninformed people and is perpetuated all over the internet. Hip hop culture emerged from violent times in the Bronx yes, but its emergence was a denial of the violence that was happening at the time. The congregation of people over music and dance was to keep the gang violence at bay, and the music and dance was a creative form of expression through which people could let out their fears and frustrations they were experiencing every day, and also to have FUN. For the youth of the community, the culture of hip hop was an alternative option as opposed to joining a gang, which often felt like the only way of life that had been demonstrated for the kids up until that point. Hip hop was social and underground and an escape. The intention of hip hop did not change until the media started using hip hop dance and culture and targeted large audiences. But even then, there were, and are, many hip hop artists who are able to deliver the message of hip hop without being vulgar or overly crude, however its important to understand that violence, death, and pain were a huge part of the development of the culture. Joesph Schloss explains this very well.“To understand hip hop’s powerful self critique, we need to understand hip hop on its own terms. Not only because it has interesting symbolic, political, and social implications (although they are important), not only because it confirms our theories about the work of art in the age of electronic reproduction (although thats valuable, too), but simply because the way hip hop sees the world is itself a legitimate and consistent and fascinating intellectual system.”

Answer 4

First off, if a person decides to KILL SOMEONE it is not the music that's doing it. If that were true then the same could be said for TV. I have been watching Elmer Fudd try to shoot Bugs Bunny since I can remember. just have a look sometimes at the cartoons your kids watch.

I don't think that the music has to be so negative though. I read a comment earlier that said they were a product of their environment. I grew up in the worst part of our city. My mom and 4 kids. 3 girls 1 boy. None of us have been arrested nor have we done any of the things rappers sing about.

I watched a show last night on BET that had Mater P, Nelly and a couple of others. They admitted that rap lyrics have gotten way out of control. I do think it needs to be toned down. You can still say what you want to say without using so many horrible words.

For the music being labeled as black music, I have no idea how it became labeled as so because every time I go into FYE its white suburban kids buying the music.

Answer 5

Vulgar Music

Answer 6

Hip-hop/rap music originally started in the under privileged ghetto's, so the music expresses the sentiment of that culture (which most of the time will be violence and vulgarity), not to mention that although rap music is a word play genre of music most of the mainstream artist lack vocabulary and we all know that cursing is often done by ppl who have little or no vocabulary. But there are some hip-hop artist that very rarely curse (i.e. Talib Kweli, Common, Outkast, & Jay-Z) maybe you should listen to some of these artist before you form your final opinion.

Answer 7

I trust the completed "be smarter approximately it". yet you're able to understand, seventy 5% of the folk you meet are of average intelligence or under. i do no longer rather guard rap, yet there are some songs i like. i became rather inspired with ushers ability to sing. the place men like DMX rather haven't any ability to sing, purely yell in a mic. I appreciate absolutely everyone with expertise. The writing and vernacular information of somewhat some rap artists is great, yet few have the vocal ability to make it rather music. The music as an entire is on a decline. Album sales are at checklist low's, yet on an upside digital downloads are way up, yet nonetheless no longer producing the sales it did some years in the past. No music form is perpetually. each 20-30 years you will get a sparkling dominant style in music. Rap could have yet another 10-15 years left in it ;)

Answer 8

Not all Hip Hop has vulgar language and that's what frusterates Hip Hop fans the most. People are quick to judge a whole genre, just because of what the media tells them. If you don't know anything about Hip Hop and have never researched the genre, the artists and the culture (and when I say "research" I'm not talking about googling 50 cent!), you will NEVER understand it and you will pre-judge it. Plain and Simple. You obviously have not done your homework, before asking this question Admit it!!!

Answer 9

Ok understand that you just said that ALL "black" music such as hip hop is vulgar and violent. If you are not familiar with all of the hip hop and rap being produced and distributed then it's unfair for you to make such a huge generalization. I usually don't respond to questions such as yours but your questions is insulting and a bit ignorant to me. I would also like to clear up a few things.

I have never in my whole life heard a rap song glorifying rape.

I have never heard a rap song in which they used the word ni99er. I have heard ni99A, which is a term of endearment, and has different meaning behind it, but never the first.

Also just because a person listens to rap doesn't mean they don't enjoy "clean music". I enjoy all types of music outside of rap.

If you allow your children to be influenced by rap in a way that the the music they listen to overrides the values and morals that you taught them, then your parenting skills are flawed.

Answer 10

REAL TALK, because allot of rappers are a product of there environment. Some grow up in the Ghetto in some of the poorest most violent neighborhoods. So for some of them this is all they know from the day there born. So they rap about it so for people who ain't been threw any or can relate to these things its comes off as being really foreign to them so they don't understand why they have to talk about these things, but i will say this 50% of these rappers are fake and aint did none of the sh*t they talk about. So they say what sounds cool or will sell. Controversy sells.

Answer 11

Watch Hip Hop Vs. America the three part series started last night but comes on BET at 8pm tonight... You may learn something about Hip Hop, and have most of your questions answered!