Real Talk: I Won't Let My Kids Listen To Hip Hop.

[Lana Kane]

I don't know my mom would force me to download censored music so I could still listen to rap/hip hop. I turned out fine.

 

[bogey_j]

up

 

[Danny Up]

Hell no!!

 

[kevm3]

man I'm going to rear my future kids if I decide to have any on them ice cold old school cuts and some gospel just so they have an idea of music other than what's on the radio. As much as I like rap, I know it really isn't for kids. I loved the genre when growing up, but I know how influential and destructive it can really be. The kid will eventually end up listening to it anyways if that's what they want to hear, so I will have to make sure to explain how much of it is a FANTASY lifestyle and not to emulate it.

 

[Soundwave]

My mom used to HATE it when I listened to 36 Chambers back in the day, she thought it was so vulgar

 

[Illuminatos]

I agree with you fam, today's RAP music is terrible. It's not hip hop whatsoever. It's mainly mainstream as you stated. When the big wig record labels started to infiltrate hip hop, their agenda was to destroy it and dumb it down to the masses. Mind you, hip hop just came out of the disco era which destroyed the efforts of the work the elders put together in the 1960's trying to uplift our communities. When they started the disco era and pimp movies, our agenda to uplift change. Then came the crack era....But, out of that era came something that this government didn't intend to which was hip hop. It was a culture where you took your struggle and chanted to the world. Then you had your Melle Mel's, Public Enemy, X-Clan, KRS-One, Channel Lives, Brand Nubian, Ice Cube, Pacs..etc of the world that came in and was telling folks this is the way it is. Forget those sit-ins, we're taking our freedom. This was a big difference from the 70's era when the status quo felt they finally destroyed our power.

It's funny because growing up, my parents wouldn't let us listen to hip hop. My older brother is 7yrs older than me, he would sneak and listen to hip hop music. Mostly what ppl consider today to be conscious hip hop. The way the music is today, I wouldn't dare let my children even listen to the radio. That's why I'm glad that my father was throwing instruments at us because it mold us into something different. I was born in 88 and we're probably the last generation to experience the golden age of hip hop.

There will be no change until all these major labels are no longer profiting from us. Back in the early 90's, there were mostly only indie labels. Now the elites feel they are ahead of that wave because of distribution. But, the way it's going now, these young MC's are getting themselves hot off the internet and they can basically sell their music through there own channels.

I'm starting to see a change in hip hop, but mainstream will continue to be mainstream. Just to bad the kids live by it through every song and lyric.

"Blah, blah, blah. Back in my day..."

 

[ilovejesus]

I would let my kids listen to christian hip hop.
Believe it or not there are some dope lyricists in christian hip hop.

 

[Anothergirl]

not. a. chance.

 

[Ineedmoney504]

yup...nikkaz talkin bout back in the days.....man them days is over

 

[concise]

that just means they're secretly listening to it when you're not around and will put even more stock into what is said. That's how kids work you try to ban them from doing something they make it their mission to defy you

Just let them listen to whatever they want, if you raised them right they should recognize trash when it hits their eardrums

censoring rarely works breh

And your kid will just listen to it anyway. You tryna stop them from doing some shyt will make them wanna do it more. Just educate them and police the influence it has over them.

I don't know why people say this. You wanted to do everything your parents banned?

 

[Carter G. Hoodson]

"Blah, blah, blah. Back in my day..."

It's about the future bruh

 

[Richard Wright]

well duh. i wouldnt want them listening to taylor swift either. shytty music is shytty music

 

[SumBlackguyz]

Hip Hop? Yes. Rap? No.

 

[JBoy]

I don't know why people say this. You wanted to do everything your parents banned?

difference between sensible rules and unnecessary censorship that frequently backfires anyway breh

 

[SanfordMan75]

im one of da 70's OG dirty comedians along wit Rich Pryor, Dolemite, & George Carlin!
da record stays dirty in my crib wit no single fukks given & if nobody around me likes it can get da fukk out mah house