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My notes and quotes has been created in order to give me a detailed and very useful list of sources that relate to my media investigation below are links of sites than contain information and theorys relevant to my critical investigation and will be used for my essay.

To start this off i have carried out detailed research to find out what is so violent and sexist in chief keefs music as well as the content of which he talks about drugs and have found some of his lyrics relating to these topics:

"Shoot a nigga then act like its nothing" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5F8DPsejs

"we got AK's and shotguns" -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eppLEoFpCHw&safe=active

"im always stoned, im all high" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eppLEoFpCHw&safe=active

"i hate being sober, ima smoker" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMuIPsz6lE&safe=active
"I fucked that bitch but i dont know remember her name" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eppLEoFpCHw&safe=active
"what you smoking on i need a blunt of that shit" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZtcfFObso
"I had a threesome with a millionare different hoes today" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZtcfFObso

Chief keef was also involved in some contraversy with Katy Perry Threatening to smack her.

In fact he has been involved with a number of controversy including lupe fiasco and even the death of another Chicago rapper

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/27/17485146-anti-violence-campaign-draws-criticism-for-rapper-chief-keef-photo

The image prompted an instant backlash from people who thought the rapper with often violent lyrics had no place in an anti-violence ad, with one commenter calling on Keef to "repent of his messages of murder and drugs."

http://raprehab.com/interscope-records-the-real-gangsters-of-gangsta-rap/

When news of his 2011 arrest hit the streets his then unknown anthems “Bang” “3HUNNA” and “I Don’t Like” became the soundtrack of the city where the murder rate has increased 38%in the past six months.

http://raprehab.com/is-hip-hop-destroying-black-america/

Is Hip Hop Destroying Black America? To answer this question fairly, we must first discard the distorted image of Hip Hop that mainstream media has passed off for the past 20 years. Hip Hop is a movement consisting of 4 main artistic elements: DJ’ing, Rapping, Breaking and Graffiti. But at its core, it is a philosophy based on the idea that self-expression is an integral part of the pursuit of peace, love and unity. 

http://www.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/mediarace/negative.htm

In April 1992, Texan Ronald Howard was driving through the state in a stolen car. He was pulled over by state trooper Bill Davidson for a possible traffic violation and became uneasy about the stolen car. During the encounter, Howard removed a nine millimetre Glock pistol from his glove compartment and shot officer Davidson, killing him at the scene. At the time of the incident, Howard had a pirated copy of the tape 2Pacalypse Now playing in his automobile's cassette deck. This album, performed by Tupac Shakur, and produced by Atlantic Recordings and Inters cope Records, both subsidiaries of Time Warner, Inc., also contained similar gangster rap lyrics and messages (this recording occurred before Tupac signed with Death Row Records). One specific song on the 2Pacalypse Now album titled "Crooked Ass Nigga" talks about a frightfully similar situation to the one that took place between Howard and Davidson.

http://blackexcellencex.wordpress.com/tag/gbe-gang/

  Annual Chicago police statistics show a majority of both homicide victims and offenders are young black men with criminal records… A deeper review of the numbers shows males ages 15 to 35 made up nearly three-quarters of African-American homicide victims…

Source: 

http://www.debate.org/opinions/does-modern-rap-and-pop-music-have-a-negative-influence-on-children

 I think it all depends on the music. Like what lincoln.Douglas07 wrote,"Well if you're rapping about money, drugs, sex and all that it forms an impression on kids." I agree.

But it seems like every year they push it even farther. Profanity after profanity. Then you have some that say well the parents should stop children from listening to it, Well its kind of hard with all this technology and if their friends listen to it. So how can you stop your child from hearing it when they go all the others listen to it.

However the opposing side argued that - Raps got a bad rep!

I have been listening to rap since the mid 80s up to 2004. It has never once pushed me to do anything! Music effects people in different ways not everyone isnt the same. It's not rap that's ruining kids. Parents just need to be more involved with their kids life.

Debate as to whether music influences the youth or not - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLOzNp4vmN8

I have to put out the bad parts of Hip-Hop at least once though.

When you turn on the radio, most of the music you hear tends to be related to drugs, sex or alcohol.

This is the type of music that is exposed to teenagers today. Much of main stream hip hop and rap mostly contains themes of immoral activity. Yes, the bad words are bleeped out, but the message is still there, and it is the younger teens (12-16) that listen to the radio more often. Therefore, they are more easily put in to the mindset that if Weezy is doing it, we can too, and even assume they are cool doing so.

Hip hop and rap lyrics are so catchy, and they become embedded in our minds, to the extent where they potentially motivate our actions. Gangster rap usually reflects inner city life, glorifying criminal activity and degrading women.

It’s ironic that even though most rappers and hip hop singers show women in a sexual, degrading light, women still pine for them. It almost seems like the majority of today’s younger women are okay with being portrayed like that. Most teenagers memorize and constantly repeat the words of rappers, and for those words to be promoting alcohol, weed and sex just destroys the morals instilled by their parents.

Rap and Hip Hop also promotes a thug lifestyle, one that centers on not fulfilling an education, but instead doing drugs, and spitting rhymes while doing so. Though not all rap and hip hop focuses on these themes; most of old rap speaks of getting through hardship. The whole “get paid and laid” idea is more geared toward the newer generation rap and hip hop.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/21/chief-keef-arrested-disorderly-conduct-atlanta-georgia/

After the arrest, Keef tweeted, "Jus Got Out Of Dekalb County jail In Atlanta Mad As f**k."

Keef is considered a prodigy -- and has rapped with huge stars like 50 Cent and Wiz Khalifa.

Keef is no stranger to the law ... he's been arrested at least two times before -- and even has a gun conviction under his belt. 

It's been a rough year for the rapper ... We broke the story, he was recently sued for child support​ by his middle-school-aged baby mama who claims Keef fathered her kid -- born in 2011 -- when he was only 15.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/21/chief-keef-arrested-disorderly-conduct-atlanta-georgia/#ixzz2lI3KbfiQ