Notes and quotes

"Them hoes use to diss when we always bruk"

The word "hoes" objectifies women which makes young boys believe women are good for nothing. 

"I hit that bitch one time"

Again objectification with the word "bitch" 

"Even though I'm star im out here selling coke"

This shows he is a drug dealer and is not ashamed to tell the world.

"If her body looks dead ill just probably get head"

Again making women look bad, also doesn't mind telling people how he treats women. 

"Then I taught him how to whip crack"

Teaching the younger generation how to make and sell drugs. Makes younger kids think this is cool.

"If I count my stack I finish a day later"

Showing the amount of money drugs can generate. Makes kids want to go into the drug game. 

"Niggas say I move hot because I make the tools pop" 

Hes not afraid to shoot anyone, which is a mentality alot of youth have today. 

"When i come through them hoes fix up their weave"

Shows that if you have money, accroding to nines, girls will run to you. 

Main Texts 
Negative influence of Rap
Impact of Rap on youth
Two sides to the argument
Nines jailed
Giggs Interview- Guardian

Rap music and Crime 
Daliy Mail

“Rap music and hip hop, with their particular emphasis on sex and demeaning depictions of women, were blamed for encouraging early sexual behaviour, leading to the spread of disease and underage pregnancies.”

This quote from the Daily Mail implies that the rap music listened to can influence people to have sex and have teen pregnancies and get STD’s. But is it really the music that does this or peoples lack of awareness and morals?

"These lyrics depict men as sexually insatiable, women as sexual objects, and sexual intercourse as inconsequential.”

He believes, in music videos, rappers objectify women and make them like a medal because when you get them, people gain more respect for you. Refer to (“Nines music videos” section).

"These portrayals objectify and degrade women in ways that are clear but they do the same to men by depicting them as sex-driven studs.”

He believes women are put down by the men, and not viser versa. This may be the case in rap music, but in pop music by females, men are portrayed as dogs. This may balance it out.

“Musicians who use this type of sexual imagery are communicating something very specific about what sexual roles are appropriate, and teenage listeners may act on these messages.”

Teenagers and youths are more likely to do what these rappers are saying as they are condoning it and making it look cool.

“These lyrics are likely to promote the acceptance of women as sexual objects and men as pursuers of sexual conquest. Despite the fact that degrading sexual lyrics are particularly demeaning for women, they affect adolescent boys and girls similarly."

This quote shows that due to the music, boy want to chase girls to become like one of the rappers, because their lifestyle looks good, and any youth that hasn’t seen life as good as that, which makes him take everything the rappers say as truth and something to aspire to be like. Also because women are objectified in the music, girls who don’t have that positive female influence may go on to be objectified because they think it’s normal.

"Censorship is not a solution. But talking to children about music's sexual content can give parents a chance to express their own views, and may prompt teens to think more deeply about the ways in which sex is portrayed - and perhaps distorted - in the music they listen to," 

He believes that youth need to be taught that thing said in music videos are wrong and some of the concepts are wrong, but it shouldn’t be censored because it is their passion, but if children are told that the topics they talk about may be wrong, they can just listen to the music and not be lead down a wrong path by the music.

"There are a lot of degrading lyrics but I don't want to shut these guys down. I hope that parents can steer kids away from these kinds of things until they are old enough to understand them," 

This quote shows that she doesn’t think rap music should be cut down, but the teens and youth that listen to it should be at an age where they understand how to just listen to the music and not do everything the rappers say are cool. 

BBC News

“But the government is being criticised on two counts. First that the proposals are a knee jerk reaction to the New Year killings and woundings in Birmingham, and secondly that they are making a dangerous link between guns and black rap music without any evidence.”

The government or police, have no real evidence that rap music is the reason for all the deaths and stabbings in the UK. The government and police are using this as shorthand, and scapegoating rap music, as it can bring a moral panic to a genre of music that is heavily scrutinised by many people in the UK.

“In particular the Culture minister Kim Howells warned that black rap musicians were creating a culture in which killing was almost a fashion accessory.”

This is a quote that many people would agree with, because of the lyrics that some of the songs have. But is it really the main reason why people are killing others. Other aspects of their life could be the reason for this.

NY Times
Daily Mail 2

Documentaries and Videos 

Giggs Interview 

Giggs Interview with the Guardian

“We can't hide away from our history of gritty youth culture”

This quote from Giggs shows that he doesn’t mind showing people about drugs guns and crime because it was his life and he is not ashamed of doing so.

The gritty culture has made gigs the person he is not with an XL deal and a father.

“It’s a sign that music can have power”

This shows that what rappers say can be taken as gospel from the youths that listen to their music, and if the music is not promoting good behaviour, crime and drug use may go up.

“Everyone says it’s negative what I’m talking about, but its everyday life to me”

Music is used to express life and because a lot of British grime and rap artist are living in hardships, they then talk about that as it is all they know.

“Nearly everyone’s got one for protection”

This shows that guns are normal in society and people use it for protection which shows the lyrics in the songs are real and are not meant to make everyone get a gun but to tell people that having a gun is the norm.

“How much people are oblivious to it”

It seems like a shock because other people are in their own bubbles and don’t know how bad it is in some estates and how bad the poverty can get. This means that when they hear the explicit content of the music videos and the lyrics, they are shocked and hardly believe it.

“It sounds like you’re making it up or bragging”

Due to the videos and the sounds, it may seem like rappers are happy with the life they are living, but it maybe that they are just giving a visual representation of their life.

“They’re scared of that world being true”

Because they are doing so well in life, some people don’t want to look at poverty in the streets, but they would prefer to scape goat them and condemn them.

“I’m going to talk about what I am going to talk about”

This shows that regardless of whether people like his music or not, he will still rap about the same things because those things are the things that mean a lot to him as he has went through that in his life.

“That’s not the life I am living”

He’s not going to change is lyrics to nice fun things because his life isn’t nice or fun. This shows he raps about how he feels and relevance

“Personally, in my opinion, I absolutely hate rap, rap is the worst music for a child's cognitive development, because, all rap sings about is poverty, sex, youth violence, high school/college drop outs, substance abuse, etc.!”  This was a person who believes rap music is bad due to the content.

“Yes there is rap music that will talk about drugs and violence but then there is so much quality amazing rap artists the write about the world, their lives and humanity. Their songs have true meaning to them that actually touches you and causes you to feel something when you listen to it.” The other side to the argument saying that rap music is just words, people don’t really need to take it literally.

“Rap music has gone from condemning drug use to glorifying it”
Before, drugs were “allowed” to be taken or sold, but now selling drugs is the main theme of most British rap songs. Drug references are also normal in most rap songs.

Giggs interview 2

Skrapz interview

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