Rap Music Effects in Society

Rap music today is an expanding part of american culture. Many artist's portray a certain image for the black society. This image consist of fancy cars, clothes and beautiful women, and give there society a false hope. Young African Americans believe they can make it big as a rapper or a drug dealer and don't need to get an education and get a good job in life. This is not just for African Americans many other cultures are influenced by hip hop and rap music in this negative way to. As stated in Black noise I agree with the fact that young white Americans are attracted to this music because of the different look on life and interesting aspects of life. These portrayals in music videos show a fantasy life which many people are not capable of achieving, and are often a exaggeration of there life. One of the biggest names in hip hop Lil Wayne has just gone to jail for openly sharing how he lives his life and how dangerous he can be.This provides a negative role model for all young hip hop listeners including myself.