SoundCloud Rappers are perpetuating a culture of disinterest in today’s society. What that means is that SoundCloud Rappers, in their constant need to discuss themselves and their own problems, tell teenagers that it is not cool to care about other people. Whether it's bragging about money, being strong enough to physically fight someone else, mistreating women in society, or consuming harmful drugs just to feel something, shows the ways in which teenagers are being taught to be selfish and value their own opinion over anyone else's. SoundCloud Rap perfectly encapsulates how our society is being taught to think in the Donald Trump Era: assuming there are no consequences for anything an individual does or says. With a president and a leader who is often exempted for his words and actions and revered for his brashness and honesty, younger generations feel that it is okay to do the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With aggressive SoundCloud Rap, the hyper-masculinity and misogyny perpetuated can play a role in the increase of gun violence and the devaluing of women’s voices. The messages of XXX Tentacion resonated so strongly with his online audience that his obsessive fans took away Geneva Ayala’s voice, calling her a liar and believing XXX Tentacion's denial, undermining the truth of her story, even when there were countless evidence and an eventual confession that he brutally beat her while pregnant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the encouragement of prescription drug use, emo SoundCloud rap is putting lives at risk with the increase of overdose among teenagers. It tells teenagers to take the easy way out, try to have fun in any way possible, instead of experiencing the hardships of overcoming mental illness in a healthy and safe manner. The way these rappers these rappers almost "brand" depression and anxiety, portraying an over exaggerated lifestyle of mental illness, perpetuates an increasing indifference among teenagers regarding the value of their lives and others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As John Caramanica writes in the New York Times about the lives of SoundCloud rappers, “These artists are thriving in real time, and their renown is growing for music that is often inventive and compelling. But knowing the details of their alleged criminal behavior makes listening a charged act.” Listening to SoundCloud Rap may be fun, light, and creative, but it has become difficult to listen to this music, knowing the impact the messages of the songs are telling the future of our society.