The Negative influence Love and Hip-Hop have on young men

When there is nothing to do at home people tend to watch crappy TV shows. In many ways people are heavily affected by what they see on the daily basis. A great example of a crappy show is love and hip-hop. Love & hip-hop is an American reality television series on VH1. The series debuted on March 14, 2011, and chronicles the lives of several women who are involved with hip-hop. The TV show portrays a negative image of black men. It could easily have an affect on its viewers, which could have a huge affect on society. It could have a negative affect on the youth. Kids watching the show grow up with the mentality that the show enables them to have. When watching TV children tend to have a stronger belief system than the young adults they watch the TV show with. Two characters that are a perfect example of black men being portrayed in a negative way are Stevie J and lil scrappy. Stevie J is portrayed as the womanizer and schemer on women; cheating on his long term girlfriend and mother of his daughter with an exotic dancer, whom he ended up getting pregnant and then goading into an abortion; once used money given to him by his fiance to buy the silence of his baby’s mother; proposed to both his fiance and mother of his children at the same time, which resulted in a huge fight. When Young men watch the show they being negatively influenced by males they see on the show. It encourages them to believe that it is ok to treat females’ wrong. Lil Scrappy is a self-proclaimed mamma’s boy, with a long criminal rap sheet; did a stint in rehab for marijuana addiction in order to avoid jail time for failing to pass a drug test while out on probation; a womanizer, who regularly cheated on his fiance.