A Positive View on a Negative Artform

People are infatuated with tragedy, and for that reason gangsta’ rap is very popular amongst our society. Like the philosopher Aristotle once believed, people are drawn to make-believe misfortune. In this paper I’ll explain why people can’t get enough sorrow, while showing how it directly leads to the popularity of gangsta’ rap. Just as the majority of us do, the 4th century philosopher Aristotle had a fascination with tragedy. The lure for him …showed first 75 words of 1784 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1784 total…world around you. Since this directly led into my topic of why people listen to gangsta’ rap, it helped me make sense of the reason people listen to music which many feel has nothing but negative intentions. Rap music is an art form that everyone should experience. If people don’t get a chance to a positive side to gangsta’ rap then they’ll never truly know the good that it can bring to everyone.