Rap music and hip hop, with their particular emphasis on sex and demeaning depictions of women, were blamed for encouraging early sexual behavior, leading to the spread of disease and underage pregnancies. Rap pioneer KRS-One, who just released Hip Hop Lives with fellow legend Marley Marl, offers a blunt explanation: Rap's early stars, from Grandmaster Flash to Public Enemy and LL Cool J, “touched on humor, politics, ghetto life and realities they faced.†Rap music is not all the same but well written rap does have a redeeming grace. Rap has influenced many forms of popular culture, particularly film, and has been increasingly incorporated into pop music. rap music today