Rap has historically been black music, and black people are often perceived as being more violent than white people by Western societies. We associate rap with violence because the idea of rap primes the culturally negative stereotypes about black minorities. Psychological research has provided us insight as to why rap, but not other genres, is a scapegoat for societies’ issues. What is the reason for this? And why are Sweden nor New York banning country music, which also received criticism for having frequent misogynistic and racist content? When the same passage was presented as a rap song, it was considered dangerous and offensive. Research has found that we indeed tend to associate violence with rap, but not with other genres: When a lyrical passage was presented to a group of subjects as a country song, it was considered acceptable. Today, we even see it in political strategy, like the New York mayor’s attempts to ban a form of rap music called ‘drill’ as a measure to reduce violence. From its inception in the 90s, this subject has been covered in the music, such as in Ice-Cube’s parody song “Gangster Rap Made Me Do It”. The lyricism and culture of rap has been in the hot seat for presumably causing violence and deviance.
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