Rap, particularly “gangsta rap,” is perhaps the most controversial music there has ever been. Stanley Crouch concludes that rap “encourage young people toward illiteracy, brutishness, hatred of women, whorishness and mindless materialism,” while Authur Lawrence Cribbs, Jr. claims that gangster rap is a “violation of the dignity of African-American culture and as exploitation by large record companies making a profit from racial stereotyping.” David Samuels believes that rap is a “representation of a ‘foreign, sexually …showed first 75 words of 628 total…

…showed last 75 words of 628 total…so it’s on us to do what we gotta do, to survive” (http://www.lyricspost.com). In order to get the right message of Tupac ‘s song, we must listen to the lyrics throughout the whole song. Tupac Shakur is encouraging is listeners to make a change in their life to make the world a better place. That is why I disagree with Stanley Crouch and Authur Lawrence Cribb, Jr. statement about gangster rap.