The Consequences Of Rap Music And Drugs In The Rap Industry

64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2016” (National). This number will rise as the rap industry continues to prosper. Today’s rap is affecting people all over the world. Rap artists today hide their songs’ actual meanings. Men and women are targeted in rap songs. Drugs are talked about in the song’s and go hand in hand with the making of songs. Many children and teens are unconsciously being affected by rap and it will turn into more than that. Today’s rap industry has cruel messages directed towards both genders. Rappers use words to hide the actual meaning. An example of this is “trap house” which is a place where cocaine is cooked into crack. That is only one of the hundreds of words they put undercover in their lyrics (Frere-Jones).

Not only in music but in everything, movies, housewives and more. Almost all music makes assumptions about people. Rap music makes the worst versions of men and women. Rap music stereotypes men in a way that makes them seem careless and almost numb. The lyrics of rap music almost always includes something about drugs. Drugs are a huge popular topic in the rap industry. Drugs make you cool, they make you masculine, they are what you use to get “lit”. Not only does drug change your appearance but also changes you on the inside. Nobody wants to be an addict. Drugs are dangerous and young teens listening to rap music and hearing about what a good time life is and how the whole lifestyle is life changing, it is intriguing. The way the rap industry portrays the whole drug lifestyle makes it seem like there’s no other way to live. Men aspire to be like the artists. They listen to the music and hear how they treat women and how they treat their parents and its impacts them. In many rap songs it talks about just fucking women and not caring about them. The song “She just wanna” by Lil Durk talks about fucking this girl and not even knowing her name, it talks about how big she said his dick is. This in one of the thousands songs that talk about how you don’t respect and care about women. Another way rap music stereotypes men is the whole “bag guy” look. This stereotype includes stealing, lying, cheating and all illegal

Rappers and drugs automatically get related not only because we see them using drugs but because in the majority of their songs that’s all they talk about. Rappers say they use drugs to help with their creativity in the making of their lyrics. Most rappers don’t write their own lyrics, so automatically their is questioning. Drugs have been a part of rap and many other genres of music since the beginning. People say that drugs are not a part of the music anymore but “In pop music cocaine never went away. Even if some people cluck disapprovingly, most accept the tendency of pop stars to use drugs- - to fuel creativity, calm nerves, and liquidate record company advances” (Freve-Jones). People give in to the idea of drugs and rappers, they think its the “normal” for that type of lifestyle, and it is but that doesn’t mean you get used to the idea. Drugs ruin thousands of lives a year. Drugs will control your life if you give them the power to do so. Just because all these “successful” rappers are rich and use drugs does not mean that they are happy, healthy, and most importantly free. Rappers are in some ways “trapped” they can’t get away from the lifestyle, even if they wanted to. All these teens are trying to be like these artists and look up to them and what they should be doing is feeling sorry for them. Growing up no one wants drugs to control them. At first you believe that you are stronger than drugs