Hip Hop on Trial Day #2

Writing Prompt (2l)

Who holds more responsibility for music content if someone commits a crime while listening to it:
The Author: who makes the music
The Producer: who sells it
The Consumer: who buys it?

HandOut:
Research Four Rappers who have been put on trial and fill in the following: Who, The Charge, The Verdict. (i.e. O.D.B., T.I.)


Define (2R)= Your words, the Dictionary, An Example
Sexism:
Homophobia
White Supremacy
Conditioning

Click On Tupac Trial: and Answer (2R)
1.Who was the author?
What was the main point of the article?
When was it published and in what paper?

2. What surprised you most about the article?

3. What is your reaction to the wife’s statement: “"I'm sure Tupac has no feeling for me or what happened to my husband. He obviously has a great anger toward law enforcement. All he cares about is singing his songs and making his money, no matter who he hurts."

4. The article states: “(Tupac” is the target of a multimillion-dollar product liability suit filed by the widow accusing him and the companies that market his album with gross negligence in manufacturing and distributing music that incites "imminent lawless action."
What is your opinion? (one to two parargraph)

Click on Pharoah Monch's Gun Draw and Answer on (2r)
1. Summarize the story in the video. (Opening. Main Plot. Ending)

2. What or who does Pharoah Monch says the cause of violence is?

3. What role do guns and the access to them play in violence? Explain.

4. Who should be held more accountable, gun and bullet manufactures that sell them or the communities that buy them? Why?

Watch the following Links
Hip Hop Controversies

Then pick one statement and argue it’s truth or not using personal experience, web statistics, and information used today. (2-3 paragraphs on separate piece of paper)

Option #1
Hip Hop is a product of it’s environment. Most rappers grow up in surrounded by violence from gangs and the police. They speak of what they know and should not be blamed for speaking the truth about their community.

Option #2
Children learn from what they listen to. Hip Hop glamourizes violence and encourages putting women down. Hip Hop artists should accept accountability for the music they put and realize they are perpetuating the problem.