Rappers and Drugs
Rappers and drugs or considered synonymous in modern day society. Rappers are known for their profuse consumption of drugs and alcohol and love to rap about it as well. One has to wonder what message they are sending to the youth of our society. I'm going to go off the notion that drug use is bad. While in doses, many revere its benefits, drug addiction and overdosing is an extremely serious matter.
The recently released album Wrld On Drugs by Juice Wrld and Future heavily features drug usage. From the album cover to almost every song on it. At the same time, it's an album full of great music. When listening to the album, I personally, do not feel pressured to take drugs such as oxycontin just because Future raps about it. However the same can be said for many other teenagers who I'm sure listen to the same music.
In the documentary “Prussian Blue” we learned all about white supremacist and the music they make. Wild frowned upon by Society, there was an audience for their music and their message got across. While singing about white supremacy and taking drugs, aren’t exactly on the same playing field, they're both things still frowned upon by Society. Most importantly, rap music about drugs it's much more in the mainstream. This isn't music being passed around in CDs during Hurricane Season, or part of a small concert venue, this is mainstream music being listened in the masses especially by our youth.
Drugs, alcohol, and violence has been a major part of rap and hip-hop culture for a long time. While I definitely enjoy the music, I wonder what kind of message we are sending to the youth of society by promoting this kind of music.
The recently released album Wrld On Drugs by Juice Wrld and Future heavily features drug usage. From the album cover to almost every song on it. At the same time, it's an album full of great music. When listening to the album, I personally, do not feel pressured to take drugs such as oxycontin just because Future raps about it. However the same can be said for many other teenagers who I'm sure listen to the same music.
In the documentary “Prussian Blue” we learned all about white supremacist and the music they make. Wild frowned upon by Society, there was an audience for their music and their message got across. While singing about white supremacy and taking drugs, aren’t exactly on the same playing field, they're both things still frowned upon by Society. Most importantly, rap music about drugs it's much more in the mainstream. This isn't music being passed around in CDs during Hurricane Season, or part of a small concert venue, this is mainstream music being listened in the masses especially by our youth.
Drugs, alcohol, and violence has been a major part of rap and hip-hop culture for a long time. While I definitely enjoy the music, I wonder what kind of message we are sending to the youth of society by promoting this kind of music.
This is a very interest connection you point out in your post. Listening to music about drug usage, does not promote the usage of drugs in teenagers. In fact, according to the National Instute on Drug Abuse for Teens (https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/teens-drug-use-lower-ever-mostly), teenage drug use is lower than ever for most drugs (except for marijuana, which is about the same).
ReplyDeleteThis sort of reminds me to the misconception in the 1980s when the American elderly believed that heavy metal music was making people more violent and more "Satanic," despite never having any conclusive evidence. The only difference is rap music in the 2010s has now become mainstream music. In addition to tennagers, parents also listen to rappers, such as Drake.