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The art of hip-hop is taking verbal assualts from every angle in America, from being the main cause of violence among teenagers in lower class communities to being the promoter of drugs and sex elsewhere in the world. With crime rates constantly on the rise on a day to day basis the media and politicians have decided to point the blame on one of the most urban form of expression amongst teenagers. The hip-hop culture has been around for a long time, now the focus is hip-hop and it’s contribution to violence amongst our society, especially our teens, but one rap artist said it best, “Scarface the movie did more than Scarface the rapper did to me,” now I ask you, is rap music the culprit?” People, think that gangster rap, more importantly the lyrics have a major effect on children in the communities and that it promotes violence. The words that rap artist use may not be suitable for everybody to listen to but each has a choice in what they listen to. The abusive language and......

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