Race in the Lyrics of Rap Music

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on how rap music describes racial issues in its lyrics. The paper describes what race, racism, and rap music are, what the main eras in the history of rap music are, and whether the music composed in these eras changed in terms of its themes and lyrics. The paper also analyses mainly three rap songs that are focusing on racial issues throughout the eras, it points out the most important lines from each song and based on them evaluates how the song is describing or focusing on the racial topic.