Does rap music promote violence

Since the late 1980's rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture, because of it's so-called influence in people's life. People swear up and down that the music is why people, specially the youth resort to violent crimes. I think by saying this they are trying to cover up the real truth by giving simple answers. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a …

…and History REF E 185 .E54 1996 v.4 New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll REF ML 102 .R6 R64 1995 "Sex, Violence and the Media" November 17, 1995 p. 1028-1029 Current Controversies: Violence in the Media p. 149ff. Opposing Viewpoints: Culture Wars p. 143-154 Opposing Viewpoints: Censorship p. 33-35 The Web Courier: Rap & Hip Hop Comment: http://www.cs.fsu.edu:/80/projects/sp95sug/group1.4/russ.html Censorship of Music by Politicians: http://sac.uky.edu/~ywkho0/politics.html