Parental advisory

Hip-hop has become part of the dominant youth culture around the globe. In almost every other country in the world, their youth scene involves a heavy element of hip-hop culture, and each country has put their own unique spin on the genre. In a lot of countries, one might find that hip hop is actually a way to express different hardships, real experiences, or a form of poetry and simply try to carry out their message. I think that the power of corporate marketing has a lot to do with the vulgarity, violence, and sexually explicit lyrics that some artists portray in their music.

Despite the fact that critics probably would agree that a lot of the music in today's culture is inappropriate for children, thus parental advisory. However, they know that this is what sells, which is probably one of the main reasons they defend it. I personally am I hip hop fan and I do agree with some critics when they use the defenses of artistic, poetic, and lyrically creative. I also however think that these defenses are just circling around the vulgarity of the music and somewhat setting it aside and looking more at how the artist expresses the message rather than what's being said. Regardless, it sells. Lil Wayne for example, uses sexually explicit lyrics, and vulgarity, but he has won four out of eight nominations for his previous album the Carter 3. However, I don't think that men are the only one's who carry out vulgar messages in their music. In today's culture it is also common for women to use sexually explicit lyrics, because they know that it sells.