I'm not really a big fan of rap. But i don't get why they degrade women in their song, i mean there are lots of things to rap about, without degrading women ya digg? and i think what the father trying to do is a right thing.

i'm a big fan of rap music. the pastor man did not say "don't listen to rap music." he said, "don't listen to trash." i believe there are other effective ways of getting a message across. i don't think the words "b****" and "whore" should be banned outright. that would confine an artist. it's these rap cats' condoning tone that is not good, and that the kids are feeding off of. life imitates art in this case, which in the end is not good.

Okay, so this is how I see it. The music is not to blame for the origin of a lot of the negative behavior in the black community but it is perpetuating it. Rappers need to take accountability, soon. But, calling people's music trash is too opinionated. I might not like some of the values of say country music because they promote using too much gas in pick ups or alcohalism but I am not going to campaign by calling them garbage. Both sides have their faults. I do not use the b or h word in my music and only use the F word and N word in context. Truth is, there are people out there with the mindstate of the N-word, b-word, and h-word. Rap did not create these stereotypes. The reality is it is time to stop abusing the power that this music gives us.

I agree 100% I don't like 2 day Rap music cuss HipHop/Rap is F***K up this day's it did die 1996 the same year as 2Pac and the only real Raper out there right now is Lupe Fiasco/ cuss hi don't have any F-Word/H-Word/B-Word/N-Word Think if some one say like that to your mom/sister/daughter would you like it? and i'm 4 Anti-Rap Ads

LOL @ that Carlton Banks looking news anchor! He was gettin all up in that rapper's face, it was hilarious! But anyways, I think both sides in this program missed the point. It's true that some black women are hoes, and hoes will be hoes... but to call a chick that doesn't respect herself (and consequently God) a Queen is dangerous, counterfactual, and misleading. It seems that dudes like the news anchor want to rappers to lie so that the black community can collectively gloss over the issue instead of dealing with it. Rappers and singers can try and dodge it all they like, but young boys and girls who often grow up in broken homes look up to them, and model their behaviors after the actions they see in music videos and garbage tv stations like BET. This is why Black children need to be exposed to better role models, and rappers need to stop letting their greed compel them to sell songs that derogate themselves and their women to white ppl. I'm happy that rappers are feeling the heat, I'm glad that their being held accountable for the way they've sold us out, and I applaud the priest for taking initiative.

I did grow up with HipHop u know and Rap under the 80s and 2 90s and that was what i did call hiphop i did even remember how much white ppl did like Rap in sweden be 4 when 2pac did live cuss that was what i call HipHop even Xzibit/snoop/Dr Dre/ P.Diddy etc etc they did do good stuff back in the they's and when i get kidd's i will not lett them listen 2 day's kinde of hiphop in my hoese cuss i don't want my kidds 2 be like that say B-Word and H-Word they can listen 2 rap and hiphop but then i don't want that word in my house cuss it discrimination 2 all the Beautiful lady's out there and yeah HipHop and Rap did not take this bad thing's it was the end of 90's HipHoper's and Raper's that did this **** u know what would u all guy's like if i say to your sister ore your Mom ore even your daughter that she is a F***n H** ore she is a F***k B*** would u like that ? i don't think so but that the same thing they do.... i start 2 talk 2 much ppl now a round eruop and they say the same thing about HiPhOp and Rap much ppl that did listen 2 it have stop if u listen 2 the lyric's i say the same ****.... Money/Pimp/Lady's that they discriminate them and old school it was true stuff they tell us how it was u know no fake as like 2 day Raper's and HipHoper's like 50 cent/G-Gunit etc etc then it was good... Run D MC/MC Hammer/2pac/G.I.G/De La Soul etc etc u know good Stuff

lOL, Carlton Jr. did snap out on dude kinda hard, and it was hilarious. However, what I think that the priest should have done in this campaign was speak more to the issue of the language he considers garbage instead of pointing out specific artists by name. There's a saying in entertainment that goes "All press is good press." What he did was help the sales of these jokers go up on the South Side, which is the last place in the city besides the West Side where people should be encouraged to waste their money. Yes, parents are the first to blame for a lot of these issues, but guess what? The reality of the hood is that most of these kids are growing up in single-parent homes where the mothers are at work all day, so therefore, the television is doing the job of raising children these days. People who know that they are going to be in the public eye have to be cognizant of this fact when they're in the recording studio; but the sad truth is that they don't care. What they care about is the fact that they are getting paid for every *****, *****, and hoe that goes on to that album. However, what they don't realize is that people are always gonna be looking for something to spend their money on. If all rappers stopped using these words tomorrow, nobody would stop buying the music. Singers don't need the profanity to sell the records, so the rappers don't really need to either. I also think that it's possible to make a song about social issues without having to disrespect the people that they address. I mean, I know they're white, but The Police made a song about prostitution without using the word "hoe" one time in the whole song, and it's a classic. Even Kanye made a song about gold diggas without calling the women fifty different ways outside of their name. It's called being a true songwriter, some of these so-called artists should try it sometime. Black people are not accomplishing anything good by making songs about issues while debasing the people they target by calling them names, because then what happens is that people get caught up in the words and miss the message. In other words, as soon as you throw *****, hoe, or ***** into the equation, folks forget what you're trying to say as a whole and lock into a few key words that have nothing to do with the overall message of the song. Black people, when are we gonna get a clue?

i like what u have write here but at the same time u know if u look at the good old style they did not do as they do 2 day u know and u know it up to what the mom and dad do u know if they bring up there kidd's 2 look at that kinde of stuff u know my mom did not do that u know she did not lett me see stuff that was wron

you're right, ATO, it is"rape" music, the way they talk about doing these girls like straight-up beasts. If any man came at me saying they would go at me the way these negroes do in these songs, I'd take off running and never look back.