Nyasia+Meachem

Nyasia Meachem’s ANNUAL PROJECT Rap music has changed a lot over the past decade. Not only has it changed but it changed the way people look at rap music. Back in the day during the rap golden ages rap music was selling a lot. The rap golden ages was when the rappers were selling music because it was good to listen to, it had a meaning to it. People weren't just rapping about nothing they were rapping about something they had a story to tell. I believe rap music has changed a lot over that past decade in the following ways. The rap music doesn't have a meaning or a story to tell anymore, it has way too much profanity, and it has a bad impact on teenagers.

Rap music has changed in a negative way over the past decade because when people rap they basically rap about nothing or don't have a story to tell while rapping. For example, in the article Why Is Music Going Down, Down, Down, Down by Sam Rakoczy he stated that “...mostly they would talk about their struggles and who were the real gangsters’’. This mean their music was good because they had a story to tell. Another way rap music changed is that’s a lot of rappers use profanity. For example, in the article Why Should Music Be Censored by 4801478736, Orlando FL said that when the music is uncensored less people listen to it because of all the cursing and derogatory language they use towards people. However, when the music is censored more adults and your children listen to it. This lead to teenagers wanting to curse and use derogatory language this affects them because most children look up to them. Bad language leads to teenager wanting to curse just like the rappers because they are easily influenced and think that’s cool. This show how music changed because back in the days children wouldn’t listen to music and repeat all the curse words.