There has been much controversy associated with gangsta rap music over the 1990\u27s decade. This manuscript takes a closer look at gangsta rap music through a descriptive analysis, exploring these topics: social construction of reality, sexism, violence, community actions, and their possible negative influences on societal values. The positive and negative implications involving gangsta rap music are compared using lyrics from artists whose music has been in question in the past. Using a semantic differential survey and focus group interviews, gangsta rap music is analyzed, examining its exposure to people, possible promotion and communication of negative societal values. The study involved one hundred-twenty students for the seman...
The effect of popular music on the behavior and emotions of youth is of significant concern to polic...
Recent research on identity, culture, and violence in inner-city communities describes a black youth...
Rap music has had a contentious relationship with the legal system, including censorship, regulation...
Music has long been an integral part of culture. Identity and leisure are but two of the myriad reas...
This dissertation examines the roles of agency, autonomy, and historical context in Black female rap...
People have used music to tell stories and share ideas for ages, making it an influential means of c...
This thesis examines the role or race, crime, and violence as major themes in hip-hop music through ...
This study attempts to expand on Carrie Fried’s “Bad rap for rap” series of studies (1996, 1999, 200...
Much of the literature relating to rap assumes such music contains violent and misogynic lyrics. Bef...
With this article, I will argue the impact of the musical culture of the musical subgenre of rap on ...
My thesis explores the impact of underclass ideology and the budding neoliberal consensus on black c...
In a world where impoverished urban black youth are under attack from all political factions, rap mu...
This thesis examines gangsta\u27 rap as a form of narrative. It addresses the following questions: 1...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
This thesis investigates the rise of the cultures and music of hip-hop and rap in the West and its ...
The effect of popular music on the behavior and emotions of youth is of significant concern to polic...
Recent research on identity, culture, and violence in inner-city communities describes a black youth...
Rap music has had a contentious relationship with the legal system, including censorship, regulation...
Music has long been an integral part of culture. Identity and leisure are but two of the myriad reas...
This dissertation examines the roles of agency, autonomy, and historical context in Black female rap...
People have used music to tell stories and share ideas for ages, making it an influential means of c...
This thesis examines the role or race, crime, and violence as major themes in hip-hop music through ...
This study attempts to expand on Carrie Fried’s “Bad rap for rap” series of studies (1996, 1999, 200...
Much of the literature relating to rap assumes such music contains violent and misogynic lyrics. Bef...
With this article, I will argue the impact of the musical culture of the musical subgenre of rap on ...
My thesis explores the impact of underclass ideology and the budding neoliberal consensus on black c...
In a world where impoverished urban black youth are under attack from all political factions, rap mu...
This thesis examines gangsta\u27 rap as a form of narrative. It addresses the following questions: 1...
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appe...
This thesis investigates the rise of the cultures and music of hip-hop and rap in the West and its ...
The effect of popular music on the behavior and emotions of youth is of significant concern to polic...
Recent research on identity, culture, and violence in inner-city communities describes a black youth...
Rap music has had a contentious relationship with the legal system, including censorship, regulation...