how much of  the Adults viewed rap music as bad. When did rap music stop being perceived as music only for the young people

It will be never (in time) for me!

how much of  the Adults viewed rap music as bad. When did rap music stop being perceived as music only for the young people


When the people who listened to rap at a young age got old.

Seriously tho what's your definition of old?  Rap started in the late 70s and its popularity grew in the 80s.
I was 11 or 12 when I first hear rappers delight. I followed
It up with Curtis blow
I was 14 when I started listening to run dmc
15 when I started listening to ll cool j and
21 when I started listening to NWA
Name a ton of rappers inbetween and I've probably listened to a lot
Of them too.

I turned 48 last month and I still listen to rap. I will always listen to rap.
I enjoy it but in a lot of ways I grew up with it.


I don't know a lot people who listen to it who weren't exposed to it at a younger age.  Meaning if you find someone in their 60s who listens to rap they were probably exposed to it in their 20s.

I turned 48 last month and I still listen to rap. I will always listen to rap.
I enjoy it but in a lot of ways I grew up with it.

I'm 42 and the only rap I listen to is during the early to mid 1980's rap era.

When the people who listened to rap at a young age got old.

Seriously tho what's your definition of old?

My definition is 50 and up.

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My definition is 50 and up.
I was certainly at a lower age than that when I took an instant dislike to it.

I was certainly at a lower age than that when I took an instant dislike to it.


Obviously people are going to dislike certain genres. I think he wants to know when people 50 and under stopped calling rap the devil's music  ;D

Obviously people are going to dislike certain genres. I think he wants to know when people 50 and under stopped calling rap the devil's music  ;D

Thats right, that is what i would like to know.

Thats right, that is what i would like to know.


The people who like rap always like rap. The people who hated rap still hate rap.
I think it's just that the people who liked or, grew up on, rap are older now so there are more older people who are more tolerant of rap than there used to be.

Obviously people are going to dislike certain genres. I think he wants to know when people 50 and under stopped calling rap the devil's music  ;D


When did they call rap "devil's music"?  ::)

When did they call rap "devil's music"?  ::)


The 80s and 90s, I think.

When did they call rap "devil's music"?  ::)

That's what they called rock & roll in the 50s and heavy metal in the 80s.

I know the older set did t like rap but I don't think anyone referred to it as "Devils music "

My parents hated it, which is why I didn't grow up listening to Rap music during the 90s. I listened to Dance, pop, Alternative, World, Latino music, and oldies.

My Mom likes some rap and I don't think she was ever bothered by it even in the late 80's when it first started to get popular. My Dad on the other hand still mostly doesn't like rap and believed it ruined music starting in the late 80's. He thinks some of the rappers have good personalities but just loathes the genre's music.

That's what they called rock & roll in the 50s and heavy metal in the 80s.

I know the older set did t like rap but I don't think anyone referred to it as "Devils music "


Did they call it anything else? ???

My parents hated it, which is why I didn't grow up listening to Rap music during the 90s. I listened to Dance, pop, Alternative, World, Latino music, and oldies.


I grew up listening to a lot of oldies.

Did they call it anything else? ???


I don't know.

I don't know.
It has always been called 'rap with the silent c'.

It has always been called 'rap with the silent c'.


In your book yes but I happen to like it.  A lot.

According to my parents, never.

In your book yes but I happen to like it.  A lot.
Which reminds me, I still have to see "Straight Outta Compton".

In your book yes but I happen to like it.  A lot.


I liked the early 80's rap, People like Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow and The Treacherous Three.

According to my parents, never.



my parents never liked rap, it's not that they didn't like it, it wasn't their era.

how much of  the Adults viewed rap music as bad. When did rap music stop being perceived as music only for the young people


Probably late '00s/early '10s.

In most of the '00s, rap was viewed as teen music and thought of by adults to be evidence of the decline in American society.  Rap was to the baby boomers what rock and roll was to the Greatest Generation.

Probably late '00s/early '10s.

In most of the '00s, rap was viewed as teen music and thought of by adults to be evidence of the decline in American society.  Rap was to the baby boomers what rock and roll was to the Greatest Generation.


I feel like Iggy Azalea was so awful that a lot of other rap gained some air of respectability because of her lol.

Did the African American girls and guys accept it first? ???