Tuesday, October 9, 2012

how rap music influences teens


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http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030303/does-rap-put-teens-at-risk

Sid Kirchheimer of the WebMD Health News discusses how rap music negatively affects teens. Kirchheimer studies 522 black girls between the ages of 14 and 18 from non-urban, lower socioeconomic neighborhoods. Within this group of girls some rarely or do not listen to rap at all and the other group listens for more than 14 hours a week. Kirchheimers studies show us, the girls who listen to rap music for more than 14 hours a week are: Three times more likely to hit a teacher, over 2.5 times more likely to get arrested, twice as likely to have multiple sexual partners,
1.5 times more likely to get a sexually transmitted disease, use drugs, or drink alcohol. I believe listening to rap music negatively influences teens. Kirchheimers research is proof of this. 

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