Therefore rap came to be the main way of expressing social oppression in black communities. Rappers best represented lives that lacked love ,fewer opportunities, and disgust with law enforcement. Dyson argues his beliefs on rap and its representation “Representing history is within reach of those who seize the opportunity to speak for themselves, to represent their own interest at all cost. Therefore gangsta rap is always involved in controversial representation. Constant attacks on homosexuals and women show the battle between cultural differences in many of gangsta rappers.
Herman Melville’s “Benito Cereno” contains many different underlying themes, one of which includes the evils of slavery. Melville shows this in Cereno as he “ attempts to strike a balance between people divided by race and class, thus speaking to the new multiracial readership of popular works on slavery” ( Melville 18). Slavery can bring out the evil in individuals when they try to gain dominate control over someone. The same can be said about the slaves about the San Dominick merchant ship. Babo, acting as the leader of the revolt, ordered the brutal slaying of any non useful sailors.
Detroit recorded 308 criminal homicides in 2010, a 15.4% drop from the previous year’s count of 364. Non-fatal shootings were also down 10.5% from the previous year. We the people should be concerned about this each and every day because it’s getting dangerous and out of hand. Detroit is the capital of Michigan and without it we pretty much don’t have anything. In 2007 analysis said that Detroit officials noted about 65 to 70 percent of homicides in the city were confined to a narcotics catalyst.
The discussion involves many kids who are paid fifty dollars to give their opinion on what's cool. When the facilitator first asks those in attendance "what's hot" he is given no direct response, outlining the many layers of cultural trends. The narrator talks about this day's younger generation stating: "kids have more money and more freedom with that money today than ever before". The spending money kids acquire is deemed: "guilt money", money parents give their children out of guilt for self-defined neglectful behavior such as not spending enough time with their kids or lack of knowing who their kids are. The film points out that teenagers today are shown over 3,000 discrete advertisements per day, %75 of teens have a TV in their room and 1/3 claim to have a personal computer.
The violent and often degrading lyrics of gangster rap have now become main-stream and is highly romanticized by young black and white youths, alike. To be able to analyze the death of Tupac Shakur, it is also important to address rap music and its influence on America’s culture. Hip Hop has become a multi-billion dollar industry that has come to dominate television, film and fashion, as well as radio. Many inner-city and urban residents are drawn to hip hop and are distrustful of many institutions, therefore, they look elsewhere for guidance and knowledge. This all too often comes in the form of rap idols and gangs.
“Now top rappers began to write edgy lyrics celebrating street warfare or drugs and promiscuity.” Later he also said “. . . celebrate a life of unending violence and criminality.” This is clearly a straw man argument. He is completely ignoring the true stance of the opposing position and offering an exaggerated and misrepresented version.
Philadelphia and Milwaukee, WI Philadelphia is considered to be one of the largest cities in the United States. Milwaukee, WI is considered to be one of the largest cities in the state of Wisconsin. In 2012 Philadelphia’s population was 1,530,873 and the population in Milwaukee for that same year was 597,426. These numbers are having a large difference in the number of people and therefore we are able to determine which of the two cities would be ranked with higher crime ratings. The more people in a city the more crime committed, Philadelphia of course proves to have higher crime rates.
Similarly in Law& Order, shootings, murders and rapes are constant factors of the show. Also, with movies like Kill Bill and Star Wars, the title alone is enough to communicate that they contain violent scenes. It has been estimated that by the time an average child leaves elementary school, he or she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and over 100,000 other acts of violence on television alone and by the time that child is 18 years of age, he or she will have witnessed 200,000 acts of violence, including 40,000 murders. Television teaches viewers, especially young viewers who have difficulty discriminating between real life and fantasy, that violence is the accepted way we solve
Majority of the lyricism depicted in Hip Hop is about emphasizing the “thug life”. In particular, misogynistic lyrics are prevalent in the Hip Hop community. It has become a norm within the community to demean and objectify women as this glorifies the ability of a male to control and exploit them. This phenomenon will be analysed with the Discourse Theory and the Cognitive Dissonance Theory. The Discourse Theory is the study of language, and the meaning assigned to language.
The negative impact rap and hip hop music have on our youth is detrimental effects to those that listen to such violent and sexually graphic lyrics. One negative impact that rap and hip hop have on our youth is violence. It is not hard to find, or hear examples of violence in either rap or hip hop today. One example of such unmistakable violence can be heard in such lyrics, as “Marilyn Manson,” whose less vulgar lyrics include: “who says date rape is not kind?” Let’s just kill everyone and let your god sort them out.” And “The housewife I will beat, the prolife I will kill.” In addition, “Eminem,’ the hip-hop artist most popular with teens today recently wrote “Bonnie and Clyde,” a song in which he described killing his child’s mother and dumping her body in the ocean. Eminem was at the time married to his child’s mother, who tried committing suicide after the release of this cd and after failing filed for divorce.