Country and Hip-Hop

In society today, people listen to many different types of music genres. Two very popular genres are country and hip-hop. Although they're seen as two very different types of music, they do have some similarities. People are always talking about rap music being about killing and fighting, but country music also has some songs talking about going to the bar, getting drunk, and fighting for the girl you want to be with so technically, they're both showing some profanity. Although they may be talking about killing in fighting, most every country and rap song tells a story. Another thing that both country and rap have is growing numbers in women artists! Yes, there are a few things in common, but there are definitely more differences. These differences start all the way back to where the music was started. Country music was started in the southern part of the country, while rap was started in the more urban areas. Like I said before, both country and rap tell stories in their songs. Although, recently rap songs have been getting very aggressive with the choice of words making the artist sound angry. With country, the artists are sounding more depressed and upset. The biggest difference I see in these genres are country is more formal than rap, and rap seems much more aggressive.