Debate: This House Believes That Hip - Hop and Rap has Negative Impacts on Society

• Summery

During the Debate my partner Joe and I were on the house side arguing that Hip - Hop and Rap has negative impacts on society. Before the big day me and Joe took a couple of days to research this topic and mainly listen to present day Hip Hop and Rap songs. During research we learn a lot and we found out that there is a lot of major issues to talk about during our debater. The three major issues of modern day Hip - Hop and Rap is how it degrades women, promotes drugs and violence through its lyrics and how it is damaging the younger generation.

- Degrading Women

In my speech i talking about how in todays world of Hip - Hop women are know as big booty hoes and bitches. then i when it to how that is wrong and that no one as the right to degrade women. I ended with saying.

 Todd Anthony Shaw also know as (Too $hort) who sold over 11 million albums can say this in his song  “Call Her A Bitch”

“I said ‘Bitch, why you such a stupid hoe’ You lil’ bitch, you never could fuck with this. And every bitch that don’t like it, she can suck my dick.” But  CBS fired radio host Don Imus over his remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team for calling them Nappy Headed hoes and jjiiaboos

- What the Lyrics Promotes 
Examples i used
Ludacris - Cry Babies (Oh No)

"I caught him with a blow to the chest 
My hollow put a hole in his vest 
I'm bout to send two to his dome 
Cry babies go home!" 


No Tears - Scarface

"Now the funeral is over and all the tears are dried up

Niggas hangin deep on the cut gettin fired up

Lookin for the nigga who pulled his pistol on my homie"

D-12 - Purple Pills

"I take a couple uppers

I down a couple downers

But nothing compares

To these blue and yellow purple pills

I been to mushroom mountain

Once or twice but who's countin'

But nothing compares

To these blue and yellow purple pills"

Yet, wherever one turns on these songs people enjoy what they hear and usually play the song over and over. What people don’t realize within those three songs they are promoting guns, killing niggers and taking pills. Just picture children of today listening to these songs day after day. Teenagers are young adults who are not yet mature to realize what true harm this genre of music is doing to them. Hip hop is toxic to theses kids by promoting the evils in society though the power of music. We just saw three examples of the what the song promotes thought there lyrics and yet each song was on the billboard top 100 charts

- Damaging the Younger Generation 

Growing up where taught that wrong is bad and thugs are dangerous people and women are equal to man. It has all change due to the major influences Hip hop has on the younger generation.Music is prominent in our lives. Teenagers spend between four and five hours a day listening to music and watching music videos. Kids listen to music everywhere these days from in their car to social gatherings. Music is everywhere.
Kids have young hip-hop stars and rappers who they look up to who, drive fast cars, wear expensive jewelry, and date beautiful women.
They speak of gang life, life in the ghetto, gunfights, drug use, and they degrade women. 
In the end the power of music and the toxicity of Hip - Hop and Rap are killing out younger generation.   As a music industry major i love music and i don't want to get ride of Hip Hop but i just don't get why they have to make music promoting the evils of our society.  

• Critique 

When it came to the speech Joe, started off with the opening statement then i said my statement second. i thought or opening speeches were strong and to the point. in the future we could use stronger words in the opening speeches. 
My favorite part of the debate was the Q & A. This is where we got to attack the other side with questions. First the moderator asked each side a few questions and then both sides were both attacking each other with many different questions. After getting attacked from the other side the audience had a chance to say a few questions. In the end i thought we held our ground with the different questions we were asked. 
In the future i would try to do a little more research on question they might ask the house. If they hit us with a question then we would have no problem on responding back. 
When it came to my partner Joe i though we worked well together. I would have no problem working with him in the future. If we had the chance now we know what it is like to be part of real debate.

• Bibliography 

http://www.sadd.org

http://www.drugabuse.gov

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com 

http://therapup.net