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Abstract
Music serves as a form of communication and can provide healing to listeners depending on the message portrayed. This allows for youth to cope with their problems by being able to identify with the artist has to say in their lyrics. This helps them realize and understand that they are not the only ones that go through similar social problems. As of recent years, rap music has been increasingly used as a form of pedagogy for high school and college students to learn from. This study is to take it a step further, by understanding if artists use their music to educate their listeners and if they refrain from promoting violence. A qualitative study was done on hip-hop artists using the grounded theory approach for data analysis by observing common responses among participants.