The effects of hip hop music on today's youthDoes hip-hop music affect today's youth today in a positive or negative way? The effects of hip-hop music have been controversial after its social rise in the late 20th century, but hip-hop music is not only one-sided but can be both positive and negative on today's youth today. -hop? Assuming you're talking to hip-hop fans, the term alludes to more than just a musical type: it encompasses an entire society, including dance structures, graffiti symbolization, and fashion (Selke INT) . Hip-hop music is represented by an artist rapping over a track that regularly includes loops or specimens of other music intertwined (Selke INT). Hip-hop originally emerged in the Bronx around the 1970s and gradually became the predominant dominant musical structure in the 1990s, now representing a multi-billion dollar industry (Selke INT). Hip-hop music can also have positive impacts. For example, one's verbal imagination can motivate audience members to play with dialect and recognize musicality and rhyme (Selke INT). Just like poetry, hip-hop can be a way to express yourself. Not only is hip-hop a way to express one's feelings or opinions, but it is also part of urban culture and can be used as a communication tool. The slang originated in hip-hop music and has become a very popular usage in today's society, especially in urban areas. Hip-hop stands out among the most compelling musical genres in the world. There are rappers everywhere who know the impact their music can have. Some artists try to use this force of impact to do good (Ruiz INT). For people to understand hip-hop, they have...... middle of paper ... just positive, just negative, or just irrelevant. I don't know or haven't studied the positive and negative lessons that hip-hop culture teaches. Work citedFeminist. " “How Hip-Hop Degrades Our Women.” August 2013. Feminist.com March 15, 2014.Feminist.comHicks, Jeffrey National Center.org December 2013.national center.org March 15, 2014 National Center.orgIdolator.com/hip- hop master Rankers March 15, 2014. Idolator.comMeara, Paul .Complex.com June 2012 Complex.com March 15, 2014 Complex.comDave, Miranda Springer: “Rap and hip-hop genres today” April 2004. March 15, 2014. Springer.com.Riley Springer: “The rap and hip-hop genre today”. April 2004 March 15, 2014 Springer.comRuiz, Jonathan. Cross-cultural rhetoric. 'EverydayLife''.GlobalPost.com March 15, 2014.GlobalPost.com