22nd March 2006, 10:16 PM
DMiller Wrote:The thing is that rap is derived from a culture that has been around in our major cities for years, but most people want to quietly ignore it. Rap was created in part to give a voice to this part of society, but now it has become more a part of mainstream society and people complain that it influences kids. This is the same as saying videogames influence kids while the truth is kids shouldn't be listening to most rap as it really is not appropriate for them. The problem is that a lot of parents let them listen to rap even with the big MA stickers on the CDs just like a lot of parents let kids play GTA even with the big M on the case. I actually like some rap since it can tell an interesting story, but the themes in rap are definitely not kid-friendly.I agree there is such a thing as kid frendly rap. Eminem tells an interesting story when he raps, he raps to delver a message usaly about his relationships with his wife, his daughter, or things that are important to him which usally doesn't include robbing a jewlrey store, yet at the same time he can't go five minutes with out using the f word.
The issue here is that it's not about tone or language or even content, its about message, and some rappers have a positive one, and others do not.