What are the positive effects of rap?

Through education and understanding, rap music has spurred social awareness in communities around the country. Rap music has served as a tool to speak out against negative aspects of life such as violence and guns. Many artists use their musical talents to promote peace and anti-violent acts.

How does rap music have a positive impact on youth?

The influence of rap music until present day has been strictly positive as it provides an alternative to violence, drug use, and gang activity for Black American youth growing up in the inner city as well as a resource for understanding the discriminatory world they live in.

How has rap affect our society?

Many people have seen rap have positive effects on society. It is an artistic form and allows people to express themselves in a positive way. Forman said rap helps young artists get out of economic depression. The young artists help their family, friends and neighbors overcome economic depression as well.

When was rap created?

1970s
Rap as a genre began at block parties in New York City in the early 1970s, when DJs began isolating the percussion breaks of funk, soul, and disco songs and extending them. MCs tasked with introducing the DJs and keeping the crowd energized would talk between songs, joking and generally interacting with the audience.

How was rap created?

Rap as a genre began at block parties in New York City in the early 1970s, when DJs began isolating the percussion breaks of funk, soul, and disco songs and extending them. As rapping as an art form and a technique continued to develop, so too did the DJing.

How does music help you in your everyday life?

Music exerts a powerful influence on human beings. It can boost memory, build task endurance, lighten your mood, reduce anxiety and depression, stave off fatigue, improve your response to pain, and help you work out more effectively.

How would you describe rap?

rap, musical style in which rhythmic and/or rhyming speech is chanted (“rapped”) to musical accompaniment.