I see rap as reflective, and what people should be scared about is the extent to which the songs reflect reality. That there is such unbelievable violence in these communities is a national tragedy, while the fact that people express themselves in terms of violence is a part of American culture, a way of thinking that goes back to the Wild West. I wouldn’t worry about rap music leading to violence. On the contrary, rap music leads to a productive expres- sion of alienation and oppression, and it’s good that it gets channeled into creative outlets rather than drug addiction or physical violence. I see people, high-school dropouts, who carry around notebooks in their back pockets so they can compare their latest rhymes. (quoted in Pareles 1990) (University 158) University, Full S. Mix It Up: Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society, 10th Edition. MBS Direct. VitalBook file.
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