"You're looking at a guy who teaches inner-city kids and who is telling you face to face that he has problems with kids based upon the rap music" (Bill O'Reilly, "The O'Reilly factor"). American TV and radio talk show host Bill O'Reilly along with many other media outlets have heavily criticized rap artists for glorifying violence and promoting bad behavior. Critics argue that kids listening to rap music will adopt their 'gangsta' personas, demote women, …showed first 75 words of 1803 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1803 total…today. The importance of communities, territorial divisions and spaces are communicated through their music and songs may sometimes contain violent lyrics. However that is the type of environment they lived in and were brought up in. In order for this to change, the type of environment they lived in needs to improve. Therefore it is necessary to recognize and understand that there are different messages being communicated to listeners who occupy different spaces and places.