Do you ever listen to music and think you know the lyrics-- or you make up your own words? When I later find out what the lyrics are actually saying I am usually surprised. I was listening to some rap music and some of the lyrics are about shooting people and sex. Like other genres, musicians in rap and hip-hop have to fulfill certain requirements to been seen as genuine and credible. For example in 50 Cents song “ Wanksta”, he raps “You said you a gangster but you never pop nuttin', We said you a wanksta and you need to stop frontin'”. If they were rapping about their life on the street selling drugs, shooting people, and having sex with many women you would expect them to be rapping about their reality not fiction. These qualifications are not usually legal, but consumers associate rap artists with this lifestyle. If these artists are really writing about their life on the streets, is this considered a creative piece of work? In every genre there is an expected image that musicians are supposed to uphold. Rap has transformed and grown to the dislike of many fans.
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