The Worst Influence In Wiz Khalifa's Music

There is not one song in Wiz Khalifa’s music that has no swear words. Not one of his collective 409 songs are completely clean with no drug references or profanity. Anyone who listens to Khalifa’s music is exposed to these, no matter what the song they may choose to listen to. After examining parent guides, the ideas, language and meanings behind the songs of the artists, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi and G-Eazy, It can be concluded that Wiz Khalifa has the worst influence in message and language.

Based on the close examination of lyrics and parent’s guide, it can be concluded that Wiz Khalifa is the worst influence on his audience due to his frequent use of drug references and sexual remarks towards women. First, on his 2009 “Star Power” album, there

According to Jacqueline Rupp, an expert reviewer for Common Sense Media, “Talk of pot-smoking and… lots of the ‘N’ words make this a no-no for young listeners.” Kid Cudi has common themes of illegal drug use, most oftenly marijuana. The “N” word is/ can be a very offensive racial slur. Racial slurs should be avoided at all costs due to the damage such a word could cause. Next, Kid Cudi has a song on his 2010 called, “Marijuana” (Cudi). Unsurprisingly, this song focuses not only using the illegal drug but the drug itself. In the song, he calls the drug “pretty,” which makes smoking marijuana look dignified. Kid Cudi also, mentions alcohol, more specifically vodka, in this same song. Overall, the song, “Marijuana” glorifies the use of illegal drugs and alcohol. Finally, Cudi uses the slang term “trippy” in a song named “trippy” (Cudi). “Tripping” or “Trippy” is a term usually that alludes to being on hallucinogenic drugs. This entire song is based on his drug high making these kinds of drugs seem appropriate. But in fact, these drugs are very much illegal. Lastly, Kid Cudi’s songs revolve around illegal drugs use with frequent use of the “N”

Although a lot of people would say the extreme amount of profanity in G-Eazy’s music would make him the worst influence, G-Eazy does not have crime or drug references within his songs. However, WIz Khalifa has a plethora of crime/ drug references in his songs. In his song, “Young, WIld & Free, he references drugs frequently. An example of this is, “Roll one, smoke one, and we all just having fun, so we just, roll one, smoke one.” In this quote, Khalifa is, of course, referring to marijuana and smoking it. He claims that is just “fun” which glorifies the drug even further. Many say that G-Eazy would also, be the worst influence due to the common theme of sex and sexual comments towards women. But Wiz Khalifa has an equivalent amount of sexual themes as well as drug themes. Khalifa on his 2009 song called “Hello Kitty (On the Pill)” raps the lyrics, “she in love with tha d, never give it to her raw” (Khalifa). These vulgar lyrics are very to the point. He refers to his genitals as “tha d” and says that his women is in love with it. Khalifa has many lyrics similar to these making the treatment of women as objects a very common theme in his music. Finally, some would say the Kid Cudi would be the worst influence on audience due to profanity especially concerning racial slurs such as the “N” word.