Hip Hop Influence on Culture

“What counts as a good source?” Is a question you might ask yourself. You ask yourself many types of questions about the source you chose. Is it credible? Is it something that I can trust and use is it on my paper? Well there are sources I have found three reliable sources that make for a good starting point to read and gain some knowledge about it and help me start my research paper.

            One source I have found was on The New York Times. The article is called “Legal Debate on Using Boastful Rap Lyrics as a Smoking Gun” and it was written by Lorne Manly. I will use this article in my research paper because the article is about a hip-hop artist, who was labeled as a gangster rapper, who used his lyrics to his song “Ride Out” to boast about the double murder he is being charged with (Manly). This is an article I will use because hip hop is having a negative impact on teenagers in the Africa-American and the Latino community.

            A second source I will use in my research paper is an article written on the Global Post by Lori A. Selke called “Does Hip Hop Affect Behavior in Kids.” This is an interesting article because it gives both positives and negatives effects on hip hop. This article will be useful to my research topic because it gives two sides of the hip hop argument; one being hip hop is a bad influence on the youth. The other side being hip hop has a positive impact on the youth (Selke).

            My final source that I will be using is another article by Ronald Roach. The article is called “Decoding Hip-Hop’s Cultural Impact.” This is another great article to use because Roach gives more research on hip hop about the good and bad about it. Roach writes the impact it has on teenagers that listen to hip hop (Roach). It is a great and reliable source because Roach uses professors that are researching this as a source for his article.

           

Works Cited

·         Manly, Lorne. "Legal Debate on Using Boastful Rap Lyrics as a Smoking Gun." The New York Times. The New York Times, 26 Mar. 2014. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.

·         Selke, Lori A. "Does Hip Hop Affect Behavior in Kids." Global Post. Global Post, n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.

·         Roach, Ronald. "Decoding Hip-Hop's Cultural Impact." Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, 22 Apr. 2004. Web. 27 Mar. 2014.