violence

The most famous of rappers are commonly connected with drugs as well with a connection of violence.

These rappers have been raised in communities that are full of violence and murder. Due to the lack of role models in the lives of these young artists have impacted them to find a way that they will be accepted. They turn to the streets, and they are forced to join gangs that will eventually be the death of the young kids. They just want a place to be accepted and they confuse that acceptance for love. “His homies” abandon them when they need them the most and leave him to suffer when he gets caught or in trouble.

While these kids are involved in gangs they are exposed to all sorts of things including drugs, alcohol and sexual encounters. Their music is revolved around these exposures causing them to impact their listeners. The man and legend Tupac rapped his music which had connections to violence from his home town in which he grew up in. (Samuels). Many music videos of the new and upcoming rappers included violence. Showing off guns and killings the videos are negatively impacting young children and young teens with the idea that all of it is acceptable. The images shown in these videos are recorded into the viewers mind. Many people copy the styles they see in the videos especially young people because they don’t know how to distinguish the right from the wrong. A huge number of people believe that acting hard is a way of showing dominance and toughness. But if you put these people in a real and violent street they will regret ever acting and thinking like a true man from the streets. According to Yeginsu, “The call on YouTube and other online sites to remove violence-inciting videos.”  Today the world is full of so many inappropriate content. Roaming from TV to the internet. It takes one click form a child to go from watching a baby show to watch something that is inappropriate for his age.