Music's Important Influence
Music's Important InfluenceMusic has been around for thousands of years. Music appeals to
everyone. When was the last time you have heard someone say, "I hate
all music."? Lately though music has been criticized for corrupting
teen's minds. Rap is being blamed for all the crimes and murders in
cities all over America and heavy metal is being blamed for giving
teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media
and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for
influencing teens negatively, they actually give many teenagers an
outlet from their life problems.
Parents love to blame musicians like Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre to
bands like KoRn and Limp Bizkit for their child's problems. Music is
an excuse for bad parenting. "One should look at the family background
of the person committing the crimes" (Foster 3). Most criminals come
from dysfunctional families, which would explain why a person would
turn to crime in life. Another reason a person would turn to crime is
being sexually abused as a young child. This would definitely cause a
person to go a little crazy. When someone hears some lyrics from
Eminem, they do not go out and do what he says. Lyrics from Eminem and
other similar lyrics are for entertainment only. If people did
whatever they heard, then everybody would be evil and corrupted I hear
far worse words and phrases during school than on a rap album, and the
words do not effect me or anybody else otherwise everybody in school
would run around shooting people and doing drugs.
Rappers are blamed constantly for crimes. In 1988, rapper Ice-T
was under the gun from the media because of a song he wrote called,
"Cop Killa". Once that song was released several police murderers said
they did it because of Ice-T's song. "But is it Ice-T's fault fore
these crimes, or is it the fault of the person committing these crimes
against the police" (Foster 2). Foster asks an interesting question.
The answer is no, the musician should not be the one blamed for these
crimes. Police officers were being shot all the time before that song.
All cops know that their jobs are dangerous, yet they still take the
job. Also a group called Three Six Mafia had a similar experience to
Ice-T's. They were banned from almost every state in the north and the
south because of a song they wrote called "Tear the Club Up". Whenever
the group performed this song, a riot broke out. This is not the
groups fault though. The people who cannot control themselves are the
ones to be blamed. The media was quick to jump out and say that the
riots were a direct result of the so called "Gansta Rap", not the
result of the out of control people in the crowd.
Rap music is a rapidly growing type...
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