How Rap Music Has Affected My Life
I remember the first time I really sat down and listened to rap music. I was about 9 years old and my cousin played the video for 50 Cent's "In Da Club." I was highly fascinated with the music and the way the artist presented himself. It was different from anything I had seen before: baggy clothes, hats and do-rags, heavy jewelry and lots of attractive women.
I shortly after purchased my first rap CD which was Obie Trice's "Cheers." I began listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop but not totally understanding the art of it. At a young age it affected the way I dressed and the way I spoke. I began wearing baggy clothing and I picked up a lot of slang that the artists I listened to would use. I was young and I don't want to say easily influenced, but more along the lines of fascinated. As I grew older I began to understand more and more that rap music wasn't just about the cars, the women and the bling but also about expressing emotions and expressing views, thoughts, opinions and life experiences.
I began to see all the emotions rappers expressed in their songs. All the pain, suffering, anger, happiness, sadness and other emotions that a lot of the time I could relate to. I began to listen to a lot of Eminem because he was an artist who expressed many different feelings in his songs. He had many different themes for his songs and every time I listened felt like an emotional adventure. Listening to some rappers brought me comfort in certain situations because I felt like I knew what they had gone through and what they experienced because they would describe the same things I was going through or had gone through at some point in my life. For example, in Eminem's song "Sing For The Moment" he raps "These ideas are nightmares to parents whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings.
Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows no swearing to see him walking around with his headphones blaring" it was a little scary to hear those lines because it felt like it described aspects of my childhood. I learned to turn to rap music whenever I was upset about something and it got me through a lot of rough times.
After being a avid listener of rap for a long time I began writing my own lyrics. It was a great way of expressing myself in situations when I couldn't say what I felt out loud. It's an awesome way of venting about anything that's on my mind whenever. After writing lyrics for a year or two I began recording my own songs and showed them to my friends. I created my own page on the internet and rapping became a hobby, I still write and record from time to time.
Growing up rap was like a best friend I turned to whenever I needed to. I love the culture, the fashion, not going to lie the women and everything else about it. I know I will always love rap music and it is definitely my favorite genre.
I shortly after purchased my first rap CD which was Obie Trice's "Cheers." I began listening to a lot of rap and hip-hop but not totally understanding the art of it. At a young age it affected the way I dressed and the way I spoke. I began wearing baggy clothing and I picked up a lot of slang that the artists I listened to would use. I was young and I don't want to say easily influenced, but more along the lines of fascinated. As I grew older I began to understand more and more that rap music wasn't just about the cars, the women and the bling but also about expressing emotions and expressing views, thoughts, opinions and life experiences.
I began to see all the emotions rappers expressed in their songs. All the pain, suffering, anger, happiness, sadness and other emotions that a lot of the time I could relate to. I began to listen to a lot of Eminem because he was an artist who expressed many different feelings in his songs. He had many different themes for his songs and every time I listened felt like an emotional adventure. Listening to some rappers brought me comfort in certain situations because I felt like I knew what they had gone through and what they experienced because they would describe the same things I was going through or had gone through at some point in my life. For example, in Eminem's song "Sing For The Moment" he raps "These ideas are nightmares to parents whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings.
Like whatever they say has no bearing, it's so scary in a house that allows no swearing to see him walking around with his headphones blaring" it was a little scary to hear those lines because it felt like it described aspects of my childhood. I learned to turn to rap music whenever I was upset about something and it got me through a lot of rough times.
After being a avid listener of rap for a long time I began writing my own lyrics. It was a great way of expressing myself in situations when I couldn't say what I felt out loud. It's an awesome way of venting about anything that's on my mind whenever. After writing lyrics for a year or two I began recording my own songs and showed them to my friends. I created my own page on the internet and rapping became a hobby, I still write and record from time to time.
Growing up rap was like a best friend I turned to whenever I needed to. I love the culture, the fashion, not going to lie the women and everything else about it. I know I will always love rap music and it is definitely my favorite genre.