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Today we speak, dress and drive what the stars do. Where we shop and eat even the
types of homes we buy is dictated by what we "hear" the celebrities are doing. That
is a powerful influence over an individual adult but only imagine what type of
influence this has over an impressionable pre-teen. Due to the fact that hip-hop/rap
music appeals to the thirteen to eighteen year old audiences and the artists
performing come from very similar backgrounds of the listeners, rap music is able to
control the way that youth think. Teens and pre-teens are using their part-time job
paycheck to buy grills (a form of jewelry worn in the mouth) and other types of
jewelry.

The "N" word, which once degraded African Americans, has now become an all too
frequent word used amongst the younger generation and not only by African Americans.
Hispanics and Caucasians greet and refer to each other using the word "nigga" as
well. That comes as no surprise that according to 2005's sound scan......

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