In this article, the author points to several criticisms about rap music and the culture in the African American culture. Some criticisms include that the music is counterproductive, which is making the younger African American’s acting worse in school, which also leads into bad economic and social status. However, rap music is depicting that life style in a dramatic way of being hoodlums in and out of school, degrading women and “gang bangers.” But that is mostly all the music young African American’s listen to so they have no other popular art form, that they think understands them.

On example the author explains is an African American college student that transferred to a predominately white college, and he felt that the white professors did not know how to deal with him since he was not the typical student. He thought they pegged him as a bad student, who listened to rap music and was a thug, but in that case it was not at all. Rap music does have a huge influence on certain people, white or black, male or female dress on what the trend is from rap music and in rap videos. Men wear baggy clothes looking like they are hiding things, and the women degrade themselves wearing barely nothing, thinking what they are wearing is appropriate because they hear rappers talk so “highly about them.” Because being called a bitch, hoe, trick and baby mamma is really what I want to hear men call women because famous rappers use quotes like those in their lyrics- not. But just wearing certain clothes does not pin point what kind of music you like- I think it is the way you present yourself as a whole- body language and dress.