Have We Become Desensitized to Disrespect & Ignorance? Hip Hop Lyrics as a Focal Point (She Said/He Said Edition)

She Said: Can yall remember back to when rap was about being the freshest MC, having the dopest rhymes or even the flyest ladies (no, not b*tches, but ladies)? Back when Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock rapped lyrics like:

I wanna rock right now

I'm Rob Base and I came to get down

I'm not internationally known

But I'm known to rock the microphone

Because I get stupid, I mean outrageous

Stay away from me if you're contagious

'Cause I'm the winner, no, I'm not the loser

To be an M.C. is what I choose-a

Ladies love me, girls adore me

I mean even the ones who never saw me

Like the way that I rhyme at a show

The reason why, man, I don't know

Back when you didn't just rap anything to get rich, you rapped because you were hungry to be heard.  Unfortunately, old school Hip Hop is rolling over in its grave with artists like Lil Wayne, Chief Keef, Juicy J and the likes, taking over with their provocative, disrespectful, male chauvinist lyrics.  We live in an era where sex sales & everyone is buying in. A generation of young men who feel they can tweet things like this and think nothing of it:

A generation of young men who couldn't tell you the first thing about real love, but can tell everything you need to know about sex, drugs & money.  Have we lost our way? Have we forgotten the struggle those who paved the way before us endured so that we could speak freely or have we played into the pygmalion effect and truly became as ignorant as they once thought us to be? #KaySayWhaaat

What do you think about the direction of Hip Hop music and its influence on young men & women?

He Said: In talking about the ethics of Hip Hop and how it has given the image of our culture some of the most degraded thoughts, I would like to touch on the fact that I am not anti-music nor self expression.  I love different genre's including Hip Hop.  However, I am more accustomed to the conscious rapper that shines light on what goes on in the hoods of America but also, does not make it seem like its the only and right way of life.  There are elements and topics in music that should be met, but as we observe some of the lyrics of rappers like Chief Keef who rap lyrics like: 

You aint gonna let me fuck and I feel you,

But you gone suck my dick or I’ll kill you!

I may not be the most religious but I do know CHRIST and I do know that as a father and a man that has came from nothing to something I will not allow my son to listen and idolize the images these rappers depict because I will work as hard as I can to let him see the positive icons that encompass what it means to be a gentleMAN is and not a hoodNIGGA..... #ButYouDontHearMeTho

What can we do as parents to protect the next generation from the downward spiral music has taken over the years?

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