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The media’s coverage of rap emphasizes rap as the epitome of violence. Society claims that rap is one of the main influences on adolescents who commit heinous crimes such as murder, narcotic distribution, and grand theft auto. When the influence of rap is mentioned the adolescent male comes into thought, but they are not the only sex affected by these lyrics. Studies have shown that females that reside in lower socioeconomic-status neighborhoods who listen to rap for more than 14 hours a week are more violently active than females that do not listen to rap as much. However rappers like any other artists express themselves in different ways. Some of these ways in which rappers express themselves have positive affects on the society. This introduces the idea of social conscious rap, which brings society uplifting lyrics. Social conscious rappers keep a clean image, refer to women as Queens, and do not emphasize the Importance of money; and in contrast rap music carries a prolific gangsta image, is degrading to women, and speaks of a million and one ways of how to use money. The treatment of women is an important component in both styles of rap.
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