From my perspective, from what I saw on television on a station called Black Entertainment Television (BET), I believe that hip-hop videos like those rap promote alcohol and drugs most of the time. A survey conducted at a community college in California found that young people who listen to hip-hop use alcohol and drugs and engage in violent behavior, so this raises serious questions about whether or not rap and hip-hop should be used to market alcoholic beverages. On the other hand, if we look at the effects country music has on society when it comes to alcohol and drugs, country music advertises substance abuse, but only for alcohol. Country music also tends to reference it more in their songs. It seems that even though both topics influence alcohol and/or drugs, it still seems that hip-hop music has a greater effect on society when it comes to drugs and alcohol. Maybe, one day we can change these problems that music has caused. on today's society. So if we look again at today's society and decide to ask people what they think about music and what types of music they prefer, I think we would continue to get the same answers. Now we know that my thoughts on both hip-hop and country music were somewhat true when it came to promoting negativity towards us.