The pop culture topic of the week that interests me is how rap music typically stereotypes its listeners and the people they rap about as being thugs and killers. In some cultures of the world the things being spoken about are popular in their cultures and environments.
Although a lot of these stereotypes have indeed been proven to be true to a certain extent through the actions of the individuals relaying the message. It is my opinion that this should not be considered cool or even is a topic of popular culture, but we hear and see these very issues in media day in and day out. So what does this mean we sit back and ask each other while questioning what the media has to say? Could it be that the media is what’s making this topic an issue and not popular culture? Could it be that because the media is spending so much time focusing on things of this nature that they are causing the topic to be popular?
Every day I find myself flipping through the channels on my television set and coming across some type of news brief that is focused on the “hip hop” world. Whether it be positive or negative feedback its always there. Of course where I come from I can first handedly say that hip hop music is not the cause of the turmoil going on in this world. I can agree and say it may influence but it is definitely not the cause. Where I come from people are killing over money and material things not because what they heard someone say on the radio.
So with that in mind I feel that stereotyping hip hop/rap music is not helping with the outlook of individuals its only forcing them to believe something that just plan is not true.
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