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There is a lack of education around rap music as an art form and that is where Rap Club aims to help our youngsters understand that Rap is a means of expression like many other art forms. We aim to show young people that Rap can be as positive as it is negative. One of the ways in which we do this is by addressing the negative role that mainstream rap has in promoting demeaning stereotypes of young people in an urban setting. Our aim is to show that there is a different way! That rap doesn’t have to consist of crime, drugs, sex, devaluing females and bling culture, all of which is prevalent in the majority of music young people are confronted with.
At some point during this programme we ask the young people we work with, ‘is rap music a reflection of society or is society a reflection of rap music?’ Tackling this theme helps all to understand that through media and especially music we have the power to influence society and vice versa, helping our young people to question their role in influencing their environment whether it be their house, school or local area, for the greater good.
Our focus on positive rap lyrics encourages young people to think differently, to aspire to be greater than the unfavourable circumstances many of them find themselves in. Rap Club strives to influence young people by willing them to think about their future, by showing them that there are alternatives to ‘street life’ and that rap and a life in music is one of them.
So many current UK artists have abandoned a life in the streets to focus on music. Rap Club has the power to do the same for so many more. As an organisation, our emphasis is not only on giving young people a project that occupies them for the near future but for the long term. With positive affirmations and assured lyrics we aim to teach them new skills, build their self-esteem and help them to understand that the world is so much vaster than their area/postcode. There are professional recording artists from similar settings that are now enjoying a positive life through rap and there is no reason your pupils can’t experience the same journey.
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