Story Telling

Rap music is viewed as a way of expression. Often the music tells of living life in low income areas and fighting to survive. Rose says that rap music brings together a tangle of the most complex social, cultural, and political issues in contemporary America. Often many rappers songs are viewed as violent and encouraging violence. For example NWA's song F*ck the Police. This song created a lot of controversy when the song was released in 1988. Society looked at it as motivation for young black youths to attack police. The song was basically describing the tensions between young blacks and the police. At one part of the song they say "Searchin my car lookin for the product, thinkin every n***** selling narcotic". This goes along with Roses idea of storytelling because the group is discussing the harassment they got from cops just because of their skin color. These types of songs were written so the world could know of the struggles living in the ghetto.