Rap music began in the mid 1970's with artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambaataa, and Kurtis Blow. According to the encyclopedia based web site infoplease.com " the word rap is derived from a 1960's slang word for conversation. (www.kids.infoplease.com). This extraordinary style of music served as a form of street poetry for most artists. With a mixture of jazz, disco, and funk rap became extremely popular within the African American and …showed first 75 words of 2521 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2521 total…doesn't cause it 1-10 disagreed that it neither causes nor promotes violence 3-10 agreed that is causes and promotes violence 2-10 disagreed that it neither causes nor promotes violence Group-1 answered the same for television Group-2 answered the same for television Group-3 answered the same for television Group-4 agreed that television does cause and promote violence. 3 of the 7 individuals that agreed that gangsta rap does cause violence could not list a rap artist or song.