Does rap put teens at risk

I feel that rap does put teen at risk. Most rap music contain violence or sexual lyrics. When teenagers is constantly exposed to such music, they may sub-consiously be thinking about those violence or sexual lyrics more often. The situation is made worse if the rap music is accompanied by video, because those violence or sexual images have a greater impact since it's visual. The videos may then be constantly replayed in their mind. After some time, they may feel that those activities is morally correct, not something wrong, then enact them.

However, not all teenagers exposed to rap music may end up enacting those sexual or violent activities. Rap music can only expose them or let them know that such activities is gong on. Whether or not the teenagers believes that it is all right to enact them or not depend on a lot more factors, for example family, friends, moral education e.t.c.

In conclusion, rap music can only create awareness for teenagers regarding those sexual or violent activities thereby only increasing the probability that teenagers will enact them. Hence rap music does not cause teens to commit those act, but only put them at risk of commiting those act.