Rap vs Metal

Fair enough, first I will address your concerns about my comments. I made a mistake and was following a format on someone Else's debate looking back now it was a poor decision and from now on all related material I address on this subject will be posted here, my apologies. I would also like to thank con for understanding the differences between rap and Hip hop and also give me a chance to make a good debate. I will provide proof that Music first influences and motivates people to commit crimes. I would also like to make clear that I am fully aware of people's rationality and state of mental health factors into these individuals who are capable of violent crimes. Again, people who are committing violent crimes and using narcotics are not rational thinkers and it maybe that several if not more factors are responsible for motivating these individuals into committing crimes, drug abuse could make a person delusional allowing them to take a song out of context and give them more of a reason to commit a crime. I am personally motivated by music in many ways positively and negatively. I was thinking of so many different examples of this but one stands out clearly. In 1992 Los Angeles was heated over the police officers that were acquitted for the beating of Rodney King this sparked riots in Los Angeles and inspired many artist who were affected by their surroundings. A year before Rodney King's beating and the riots of Los Angeles in 1991 was Body Count's Cop Killer which was done by the RAP artist Ice T who found an interest in HEAVEY METAL that had a huge impact and influenced many people to riot and loot the streets of Los Angeles. Ice Cube produced an album called Death Certificate on that album was a song about a little girl Latasha Harlins that had been shot by a Korean store owner this song motivated many black civilians to loot and beat Koreans who lived in Los Angeles Area. 1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture: http://en.wikipedia.org... I address this link to prove that musicians were using their songs to motivate people in the riots of Los Angeles in 1992 and that the riots motivated people to write songs that would influences more people into become followers in their beliefs. I was involved in criminal acts personally during a riot that broke out during a Rage Against the Machine concert which I am not ashamed of. http://www.youtube.com... Charles Manson is the most famous person I know who murdered due to a song he heard by the Beatles called helter skelter. http://en.wikipedia.org... Now that I think I have proven that music helps people to act violently and irrationally I will try and rebute all the evidence I have supported that makes metal more violent then rap, this might shock and amaze yea. I would like to start by saying that both Rap and Metal are scrutinized by the religious but their distaste for metal by far outweighs their distaste for Rap because of some artist's anti-religious messages, beliefs, and content. I would like to make people aware of the bad reputation that these people have given to these forms of expression and the propaganda they spread to discredit both rap and metal. I would also like to remind people that because of Rap being so mainstream here and generating so much revenue you don't normally here about rap related crimes unless the artist themselves are apart of it. I would like to make a list of artists who have been accused, convicted, or are some how related to murder in rap. I don't think there is anymore evidence that will support my claim truer then the actual lifestyle of the artists themselves. The messages artists are sending us are sometimes fantasy or imagination but, other times they are truths of that individuals nature. I would like to make the claim that there is a difference between someone who is writing a song built on their imagination and someone who's writing about their personal beliefs, their actions, or their lifestyles. I know for a fact that the friends I have that listen to rap are always packing a gun or weapon of some sort and are highly interested in violence and the friends that I have that listen to extreme forms of metal will be carrying a copy of world of warcraft and a deck of bakugan playing cards. I am not saying this just to win a debate here on debate.org it is real and true. I think anyone who has ever listened to rap can say that they have heard an artist claim he has killed a someone or would like to. A small list of rappers who have been convicted or acquitted of murder: 50 Cent, C-Murder, Snoop Dog, Brotha Lynch, Styles P, Jay-z, Biggie Smalls, Rakim, Tupac, Big daddy kane, Nas, Lil Wayne,Busta rhymes, Dr Dre, Big lurch, Gucci man to name a few. I would like con to provide a small list of American metal artist's that have been convicted or acquitted for murder to prove that American metal artist's are more violent.