In novels, semi-autobiographical narrative is used to explain progress of struggle, and the human interactions involved.
Rap music is a vehicle for expressing anger and defining struggle.
The lyricists frequently describe themselves within an oppressed context, and speak to others so bound. Today, there is not a more powerful, direct text of popular African-American liberation than rap music. Often, the graphic nature of the lyrics and stories incite cries of sensationalism. That rap artists portray a bleak world, or even an offensive one, should come as no surprise to anyone who has been to Compton, or America's other blighted urban districts. Since sex and violence sell records, there can be no doubt that the artists are conscious of their paths to success, and it can not be denied that there are pretenders who grasp the trappings of rap without delivering any message or vision.