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Via Hiphopwired:
A new study is stating that out of all of the popular American music genres, Rap actually has the least amount of drug references while Country has the most.
The study was conducted by Addiction.com and published exclusively for Newsweek. Using the Songmeanings API lyrics database, they studied music categorized as Rap, Rock, Country, Pop, EDM, Jazz, Folk and other. In their research, they found that among the seven drugs studied [weed, ecstasy, cocaine, pills, acid, meth and heroin], weed was mentioned the most.
“The data suggests alarmists may have a reason to worry, as the number of illicit substances mentioned in song lyrics spiked between 1970 and the mid-2000s,” the study says. “However, the trend took a curious dip after that time period, approaching similar levels to the early 1990s in 2013. Regardless, drug use is still mentioned far more frequently in music today than the years before MTV. This can also suggest artists are simply using less subtle ways to talk about intoxication. Continue reading [HERE].
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