Comments on: Rap Music’s Effect on Our Kids

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:04:09 +0000

You are seriously mistaken blaming it on the parents. What you fail to accept is that parents can only do so much; you can’t follow your child around town because kids don’t care anymore. It’s sad that I live in suburbia and all I hear from cars is kids blaring hip hop; I don’t hear Skynyrd or Zeppelin or anything. These kids want people to know so bad that they listen to rap music all in some sad fantasy where they just want to look cool and tough. To say that there is no serious effect on kids is a huge mistake on your part, because I have seen it with my own eyes; kids start dressing like a thug one day because they want to look tough, and then it’s a domino effect where the popular kids aren’t the smart athletes anymore, but these dropout losers who prey on younger girls.
You say parents killed the genre due to censorship? What the fuck are you talking about? They killed themselves; censorship isn’t what makes Lil Wayne horrendous; his stupid fucking voice, lack of lyrical talent and nonsensical style are what makes rap stupid. I swear all the time, but when you compare swearing to the message rappers promote, even if they don’t swear like Chamillionaire, it’s horrible. He deserves no credit for not swearing because people miss the point; his lyrics are still evil, and I don’t think the right thing is ever to promote evil things, and you cannot deny that they promote evil. Ridin’ Dirty? They try to perpetuate racist myths against their people to look like martyrs and to make them look like good people; get the fuck over it, whites were done with racism before the 70s, and it’s sad that we are taught today to trust every black person and that they are great people. Newsflash, it’s not racist to not trust black people, because it’s been proven again and again that they will rob and steal from you much more likely than whites; it’s a sad truth, but it’s a truth nonetheless, and rap music is the biggest reason to blame for this, because it gives black youth false reasons to act out violently. I understand that upstanding blacks exist, hell I disagree with our president Obama and voted against him, but he is still a great, intelligent man who happens to be black; I hope so bad that he can become the role model we want, but then he turns the other way and talks about how he likes “Fabolous”, which is an obvious lie and I don’t know why he won’t acknowledge the sad state of the black community.

By: C-Mac

C-Mac — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:44:03 +0000

While I agree with you on the fact that it’s unfair for the government to enforce a law for everyone just to meet the needs of some, I have some more (hopefully) powerful input on the matter. They’re banning this not just to protect their children 24/7 (which they obviously can’t do), but to also draw a line of morality and civility in society (God willing); otherwise, we’re quick on our way to anarchy and furthermore social collapse. A rapper (as skilled as he/she is with words) is entirely capable of expressing themselves by other means than saying that “I had sex with someone I got drunk last night” or, let’s take a leap, shooting somebody just for the heck of it. The rapper should take it under his or her own responsibility to produce something that doesn’t speak of bad morals, especially when the song doesn’t conclude with a resolution to fix said bad moral (interpreting to the listener that the artist supports said “bad” moral/act). I love the right to freedom of speech, but I expect that a grown adult has the maturity to make the best decision of making a song that his/her 8-year-old son can listen to and still remain untainted.

To conclude, I want to mention that it shouldn’t necessarily be the parents’ fault if their child does something they don’t want him/her to do (especially when they tried to teach them otherwise to the fullest extent possible). If I accidentally buy bad lettuce at the grocery story, it shouldn’t be my fault for buying it; it should be the grocery store’s fault for having bad lettuce in the store.

By: theninja

theninja — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:10:17 +0000

finally someone actually knows what’s going on. I thank you for your insight

By: spuerhood

spuerhood — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:49:51 +0000

rap music more the better chopped and screw

By: Janay

Janay — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:52:37 +0000

I think this correct!

By: doyle

doyle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:34:03 +0000

yes mate to true and i also think that if a kid gets into a group or gang they listen and do what that group or gang does to get in their and then they listen to random shit thats not good for them at that age its definatly not the music thats the prob.

By: jdub

jdub — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:33:05 +0000

damn straight