Beyond the Lyrics: How Rap Music Serves as a Catalyst for Change

Rap music, since its debut in the 20th century, has been heavily criticized for its integration of violence, and illegal and inappropriate content into the lyrics and music. With its ever-growing presence in the social world, rap greatly impacts the world, especially captivating its largest demographic, the younger generations. With such a large scale audience, rap music has the potential to have a huge influence on the worldviews of individuals. Defined as a form of music for African American in which rhythmic and usually rhyming speech is chanted to a musical accompaniment, differences…