5 links.

1) http://www.ehow.com/about_5418679_negative-rap-hip-hop-music.html

Glorifying Violence

Sexualization

• The popularity of music videos has reinforced the overt sexuality found in hip-hop music.

Misconceptions

2) http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=3940

People's views on Hip-hop being both positive and negative.

The principal said that artists like Cam'ron were such huge influences on the kids' lives that when the artists included subjects such as "pimpin' and b****es" in their music, and glamourized violence and street life, that the children were quick to follow.

3) http://www.ehow.com/facts_5589579_effects-rap-music-teen-society.html

Racial Stereotypes

• We would like to think that America has healed from its harsh racial past, but that's not so. Rap music reinforces racial stereotypes by projecting black males as primarily criminals or unfaithful partners who lack character. This makes it harder for young black men who do the right thing to get noticed.

Degrading

• Teenage boys should be raised to treat all women with respect, but when they see constant images of women dancing in a raunchy manner or as going along with the mistreatment from men in the video, they learn to adopt this belief.

4) http://www.ehow.com/facts_5761873_rap-music-bad-influence-children_.html 

Drugs

• Over the past 20 years there has been an increase in lyrics that reference drugs in rap music, according to a study published in Addiction Research & Theory.

Grades

• Parents admit that rock music and rap have had a bad influence on their sons' grades, according to an article in Adolescence. The article also noted that the adolescent boys had a poor academic record before they started listening to rap and rock.

5) http://voices.yahoo.com/african-american-art-influence-hip-hop-community-67979.html 

It's amazing that music can have that type of influential ability. Even more amazing when you dissect a particular song and strip it down to it's lyrical form

The influence of Hip-Hop is tremendous! At one point in the decade of the 1990s era, two particular rappers had two sides of the United States hating each other. Perhaps because many of those participants were misinformed about the influence of music. Many Artists have gone on record to tell their fans to 'not do what I do.' In other words, don't follow the same steps as the music.

But younger and less informed crowds still continue to do the same. After 27 years of successful music producing throughout the hip-hop industry, many listeners still haven't gotten the clearer the picture that the people they admire are artists. An artist is a person who is a performer, a character or a creator of something unique. Rap artists are paid millions of dollars to express themselves on top of flashy percussions and rhythm.