Honestly some rappers are worlds more talented than the artists on the pop top 40 charts. Don’t write off an entire genre - it shows your prejudice.

She can listen to anything (in theory I would draw the line at any kind of neo-nazi lyrics, but thankfully that is not an issue), but she has to put up with my analysis of social issues presented in popular music.

Consider who the execs are that promote these "artists". You all really think it's a coincidence every song on the radio targeting teens is about drugs?

Anonymous wrote:Rappers are apparently promoting opioids.
Lovely.

Opioids, xanax, molly (ecstasy) and/or codeine is in *every* rap song.

Anonymous wrote:I was the biggest Eminem fan as a kid/teenager. Tons of violent/disturbing lyrics. I grew up to be an attorney (in law enforcement) and a magna cum laude graduate of a T-14 law school.

Censorship of music is unnecessary.

Speak for yourself.

I was the biggest Eminem fan as a kid/teenager. Tons of violent/disturbing lyrics. I grew up to be an attorney (in law enforcement) and a magna cum laude graduate of a T-14 law school.

Censorship of music is unnecessary.

The rule in our family is that music played in shared spaces (the car, mainly) has to be acceptable to all. Since my DH and I object to rather a lot of the language (N-word, b-word, and so forth), we don't allow our teen to play the "explicit" versions of a lot of her fave rap songs. DC is allowed to listen to those songs on her ipod, and when DC is alone.

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Anonymous wrote:Life is too short to censor music!

Opioids will make it even shorter.

What are you talking about?

My guess is you have no problem with Myle dumbass Cyrus dancing/partying with "Molly"

Anonymous wrote:Do you let your teen play in car if you’re driving?

I would allow it but my DD would be too embarrassed due to the lyrics

it's just music OP.

Anonymous wrote:Do you all have teens?? Most teen boys listen to rap

you must not have a DD. Girls love it just as much.

Anonymous wrote:The only rule is driver picks the music. We don't otherwise censor our teens' music though.

This. I remind all in my car that the driver is doing a critical job, and therefore all choices that make the driver more able to concentrate are made by the driver--conversation, choice of music, temperature, windows...

You can't ban music. But you can discuss it. You can teach your kids why certain lyrics are not appropriate.

My son recently started watching that god-awful video by Logan Paul about I Can Ride Your Girl With No Handlebars.

We had a long discussion about why that's not appropriate, how it demeans women, objectifies them, etc. FF to Logan Paul's stupid stunt in the Japanese suicide forest. Kids need to learn these celebrities/songs/videos/etc. are often just revenue-driven. That doesn't mean they are good.

No special rules for rap.

Family ban on country music, though.

The only music rules are volume control.

I have made my teen turn certain songs off. Then I tell them why. I won't support this artist talking about disrespecting women by listening to their song on Spotify. Do you (daughter) really want to give them money by listening to songs that degrade women? I don't ban her from listening to it when I'm not there, but I torture her with my lectures . . . I tolerate songs with curse words if the message isn't otherwise obscene.

I took my 12 year old to a MackLamore concert. His lyrics actually include a lot of thought-provoking positive messages. Most rap is really poetry, you have to listen to interpret the message. Sometimes they are good, sometimes not.

Recently discovered this video offering commentary about consumerism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA Man of his other songs offer other interesting societal observations.

I don't care if my teen (16) listens to rap of any type, but I do censor it in my car. While I do enjoy listening to a lot of rap, some of it is too vulgar for my taste with hearing the N word and F word every other phrase. Usually he knows enough to play the clean versions when I am in the car. Also, we have a 10 year old in the car sometimes, so there's that.