https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5q-m_t2lOg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXd39gMndE Answer these questions:
1. Have you ever had some of the same feelings about rap that Byron Hurt has? Discuss/explain.
2. Could Bryon Hurt’s initial critique of hip-hop be extended to other types of popular music and/or popular culture?
3.Bryon Hurt asks the question: “Why are so many rappers preoccupied with violence and gunplay?” What answers does the film offer? What do you think is the answer to this question?
4.Why does the video provide statistics about sexual violence? Knowing that rap videos don’t simply cause people to act violently, what connection do you see between popular culture and violence? Leaving aside simplistic cause-and- effect arguments, what do you think Bryon Hurt was trying to say here?
5.Are women who appear in rap videos benefiting from something that harms women in general? What about women who appear in Playboy, Maxim, pornographic videos, etc.?
