Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The Rap on Rap


The Parent Television Council put out a study about the content that is coming out on television programs that play rap videos. They looked at it and saw how these programs are showing children huge amounts of adult-themed content.
Unfortunately, it seems that is what is selling in the rap music industry. You have to have the parental advisory to sell well. You have to talk about girls in a degrading way and talk about the drugs you're going to smoke and the people you're going to hurt. The people in this industry are helping to raise a culture of kids who think this is reality. It may be reality to a small percentage of inner-urban communities.
Bill Cosby just put out a hip-hop album as well. It's trying to put something else out there to promote positive things, such as education. I think the leaders of this market need to do something about this, but parents need to be aware of what their kids are listening to and what they are watching. Hip hop is very popular across the board. It doesn't matter if your in rural Nebraska or inner-city Chicago, rap and hip hop are what kids are listening to. This article gives a good look at what kids are looking at.

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