11 Year Old Listening To Rap

[Anonymous]

I want to preface this by saying I have NOTHING against rap music. I love to listen to Will Smith and other wholesome rappers. That being said, my 11 year old has been listening to some inappropriate tunes! The lyrics talk about drugs and say some VERY disrespectful things towards woman. He’s specifically listening to King Von, a rapper from Chicago who raps about his many crimes. I fear that if I restrict the music he’ll want to rebel even more but the music is really making me worried.

[Anonymous]

Just introduce him to the rap you like. But fwiw I am a nice Jewish lady in her late 40’s who listened to LLCoolJ among others and never joined a gang, did drugs, or hired a hooker. It’s just music.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just introduce him to the rap you like. But fwiw I am a nice Jewish lady in her late 40’s who listened to LLCoolJ among others and never joined a gang, did drugs, or hired a hooker. It’s just music.

OP here, I tried and he just doesn’t like the music I like.

[Anonymous]

Just ask him to listen to the clean versions. My 10 year old likes Rick Ross and Travis Scott, it really doesn’t bother me. I do wish he’d listen to more 90s rap like his mom though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to preface this by saying I have NOTHING against rap music. I love to listen to Will Smith and other wholesome rappers. That being said, my 11 year old has been listening to some inappropriate tunes! The lyrics talk about drugs and say some VERY disrespectful things towards woman. He’s specifically listening to King Von, a rapper from Chicago who raps about his many crimes. I fear that if I restrict the music he’ll want to rebel even more but the music is really making me worried.

Oh my gawd. Take a Valium and go to sleep. Please ignore this and get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just introduce him to the rap you like. But fwiw I am a nice Jewish lady in her late 40’s who listened to LLCoolJ among others and never joined a gang, did drugs, or hired a hooker. It’s just music.

OP here, I tried and he just doesn’t like the music I like.

Will Smith was not a rapper he was terrible. And LLCoolJ? And you didn’t join a gang? Whew that was a close one.

King Von has been dead for about five years so I didn’t even know that age group followed him. He was one of those Drill Music rappers. It does have more violent lyrics than basic rap. It’s all about the violent neighborhoods they live in, beefs and murder.

Awhile back they were all killing each other, UK drill rappers too. Maybe it’s changed, I don’t know. He’s listening to some older rap.

[Anonymous]

DCUM Troll of the Year.

It’s August. I’m willing to plant my stake there.

[Anonymous]

Just start listening with him.

[Anonymous]

Why is the music making you worried?

Will Smith sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is the music making you worried?

Will Smith sucks.

No, OP needs to listen to him. Parents Just Don’t Understand

[Anonymous]

Just ask him to wear headphones and talk to him about the dangers of drugs and about how to respect women.

[Anonymous]

My son really likes this band.... Piec Dwa Debiec (the album P-N X). It's technically hip-hop/rap and it's a Polish band. The best thing is that he doesn't speak Polish so they could be singing about the worst rap music content and he doesn't know. I love it!

I realize it's not a perfect solution, but look for this on iTunes and see if your kid likes it too.

And talk to him about the content of the songs so he learns your values. He will be exposed to things in movies/shows, what he hears on the news, what friends say, etc., and he needs to understand for himself what is good/bad in this world. Rap music is only one of the things you need to worry about. The teaching to be able to handle all of this happens at home.

[Anonymous]

I listened to a lot of 90s/00s rap. I cringe now when I really listen to some of the lyrics, but it didn't impact my life or how I viewed things at all.

Get him some headphones. It is disrespectful to play loud curse words in a family home. Continue to talk about how it's fine if he listens to the music, but he should remember it's misogynistic, violent, etc. As long as he has your values, it will be ok. This is not the hill to die on, unless you're seeing some impacts in his real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to preface this by saying I have NOTHING against rap music. I love to listen to Will Smith and other wholesome rappers. That being said, my 11 year old has been listening to some inappropriate tunes! The lyrics talk about drugs and say some VERY disrespectful things towards woman. He’s specifically listening to King Von, a rapper from Chicago who raps about his many crimes. I fear that if I restrict the music he’ll want to rebel even more but the music is really making me worried.

First time you ever heard real rap eh? That's still light-core stuff compared to hardcore rap and especially to street level underground rap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to preface this by saying I have NOTHING against rap music. I love to listen to Will Smith and other wholesome rappers. That being said, my 11 year old has been listening to some inappropriate tunes! The lyrics talk about drugs and say some VERY disrespectful things towards woman. He’s specifically listening to King Von, a rapper from Chicago who raps about his many crimes. I fear that if I restrict the music he’ll want to rebel even more but the music is really making me worried.

First time you ever heard real rap eh? That's still light-core stuff compared to hardcore rap and especially to street level underground rap.

What’s wrong with using the “N” word?