The current generation Hip-hop industry is detrimental to America's youth.

Ok, you have brought up some valid points, which I will address momentarily. First however, I must state my own argument briefly. The Hip Hop industry of the past 25 years or so has been extremely negative to the state of intelligence and morality of America's youth. Although youth does not necessarily compose the majority of Hip-hop consumers, nor is America the only place where Hip-hop listeners are affected, I have decided to focus only on this group because they are fundamental to this nation's future. The Hip Hop industry, mostly Rap, has very negatively affected the minds of our youth by perpetuating stereotypes and promoting a culture of aggression and stupidity. As a sharp contrast to the rap in the 1970's and 1980's, where rap groups such as A tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, and others who promoted good ideals such as staying in school, standing up for yourself, or pursuing love, current generation rap promotes very negative ideals. Artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Nas, and Tupac promoted Smoking weed, treating women as animals or sexual objects, and violence. A prime example of the contrast can be found in the difference between two different generation rap songs. Ed OG's 'be a father to your child' and Dr. Dre's 'The Next Episode' are like a tale of two cities. The first one has a message telling black men specifically to be a presence in their children's lives. It also preaches respect and care for a woman: "If you did it, admit it and stick with it Don't say it ain't yours cause all women are not whores Ninety percent represent a woman that is faithful" Dr. Dre's The Next Episode from the Chronic presents a drastically different outlook on how to treat women. He encourages violence against women and never, in any song, mentions women contributions for anything other than to please a man's desires. I won't include the lyrics here, but both Snoop and Dre give disparaging, violent remarks regarding women. They also glorify drugs and a drinking, partying lifestyle. Is this the message that we should be giving to adolescents and youth, the future of the country? The minds of the youth will direct the direction that America takes in all sorts of issues, and we cannot allow this type of racist, sexist, aggressive trash to become an influence. Now, onto addressing your arguments. Your first point was that discouraging current generation hip-hop was a way to push down another group because I do not see the value in it. I'm not suggesting anything as serious as a government censorship or a ban on the genre by law, because that would be ineffective and I certainly have no problem with the genre itself. I only have problems with the groups that embody this message in their music. More recent examples are Fetty Wap, Drake, and Meek Mill. Examples of more positive Hip hop groups/artists that leave these racist and sexist ideals out of there music are: Childish Gambino, twenty-one pilots, Lauryn Hill, etc. And if some people don't see the value in something, should it be stopped? Answer: If it is really wrong, yes! Not everybody saw the value of slavery, but most people did. If the people who noticed that it was wrong had failed to act upon their beliefs, we would not be in the same situation we are today (and rap wouldn't exist!). I can clearly prove rap is negative as I just have above. Your next point was saying that Media doesn't necessarily affect the people's thoughts unless they already had them. False; the media can put ideas into peoples heads that they had no intention of listening to. Where do you thin all of this anti-police sentiment and lack of respect for women started from. Ok, so maybe this is not all the hip-hop industries fault, and to some extent their messages are valid, but even these 'good' messages are blown to a point of extremism. Just because you think that this one person is pot affected by these terrible messages, doesn't mean that it is universally true. Most people who listen to hip hop currently have lesser test scores and go to college less. This may be a correlation instead of a cause, but it certainly warrants some concern. Studies have been done and it has been concluded that media most definitely takes part in what we think. (http://www.voicesofyouth.org...-). And messages so explicit as the ones in current gen Hip-hop are any indication of what is to be coming through the minds of our youth, we are in huge trouble.