task 4

http://www.blurtit.com/q367586.html

Some lyrics can be quite provocative and insensitive and they hear these lyrics and want to do exactly what it's saying...For example: If they hear music about having sex...They wanna go out and do it

http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030303/does-rap-put-teens-at-risk

the girls who viewed these gangsta videos for at least 14 hours per week were far more likely to practice numerous destructive behaviors.

http://www.suite101.com/content/rap-musics-psychological-effects-a53370

Oddly enough, students listening to a nonviolent rap song experienced more depressive symptoms than those who listened to a violent rap song.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67166/rap_is_killing_our_youth.html

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.

http://www.bookrags.com/essay-2005/9/21/202351/048

popularity of hip-hop comes the responsibility to its listeners to provide a positive image which is lacking in many of todays artists portrayals

http://media.www.msuspokesman.com/media/storage/paper270/news/2003/10/31/Perspectives/The-Effects.Of.Hip.Hop.Music.On.Todays.Youth-547432.shtml

Hip-hop is now one of the biggest and fastest growing businesses in the world. It's creativity in sound, and its lyrics have impressed and empowered many of today's youth.Lyrically, some of hip-hop's most popular songs and musicians have negatively influenced violence, drugs, alcohol, sex, disrespect for authority, and disrespect for woman. For many young children and teenagers, this type of music can create an environment that can become detrimental to their lives and education.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-401684/Rap-music-blamed-teen-pregnancy.html

Rap stars are encouraging early sexual activity among teenagers by promoting a degrading view of women, research shows.