Essay On Music And Music

Music Can Affect the Students in School

Music, it is everywhere. It has been around for many decades. People in different cultures a listen to different music. Music can affect our souls depending what you listen to. I know a saying called you are what you eat, well I can say that that can apply with listening to a type of music. I am African American and in my culture our music choices that we provide affect our community in school.

African American music originated with jazz music. This music was suppose nourish the soul. This music is usually played in bars and in poetry clubs. That music was very popular and powerful. After African Americans came up with jazz, then we created hip hop. This type of music was at a faster pace than the jazz. It was also more of a free flowing type of music. Hip hop influenced the black culture, the communities in schools and even the nations worldwide. Another popular music genre is rap. African Americans love rap music. This is generally an upbeat type of music that tells a story of some sort. Unfortunately, hip hop doesn’t always send the best message to the youth of today.

African American music of today effects our culture in schools by influencing what we should wear. And the music such as hip hop it doesn’t always send the best message. In the music today they are usually

The African American music of today is not the best tool for encouraging students to think on the right track. The music generally is talking about gangs, drugs, sex, violence, and money. So of course because students are listening to that, then they are going to most likely follow it. This negative music can affect the students by making think school is not even important. They also can put school as their last priority and just focus on the things the rappers or R&B singers are saying in the music. Unfortunately, the youth of today follow more than they