A new study is stating that out of all of the popular American music genres, Rap actually has the least amount of drug references while Country has the most. The study was conducted by Addiction.com ...

Berkeley -- A new study finds that references to illegal drug use in rap music jumped sixfold in the two decades since 1979, the year Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" hit the charts and introduced ...

Since its rise in popularity in the late '80s, rap music has gotten a bum rap. For years, the complaints around rap have been fierce. They also haven't changed that much: the music is said to glorify ...

As a rap fan, you may or may not know the struggle of having a conversation with anti-rap critics who believe the music has had a bad influence on listeners since it originated in the 1970s. While ...

New research published in the journal Psychology of Music suggests that people often form negative opinions about individuals ...

Berkeley, CA -- A new study suggests the phrase "sex, drugs and rock and roll," might have to change the kind of music associated with unhealthy behavior.According to a study in the Journal of Studies ...

other genres in association to alcohol and drug use and aggression.

Rap music has increasingly glamorized the use of illegal drugs, portraying marijuana, crack and cocaine as symbols of wealth and status, according to a new study by the journal Addiction Research & ...