Many young men who grow up in low income communities feel there are few opportunities to succeed, especially in the African American and Hispanic communities. Without proper education, it’s very hard to find meaningful and satisfying employment. When young men in these lower income communities cannot find decent employment, sometimes they make bad choices in the pursuit to earn money. In Houston, TX, underground rap music has become the opportunity for young men growing up in impoverished neighborhoods. Most people would agree that underground rap music is not the best career choice for young men. Money, power, and women are just a few enticements that lure young men into the dark side of underground rap music. Although, many young men from the streets feel that underground rap music is their only way out of the ghetto, there are other opportunities of making it out of the ghetto. Therefore, young men should declare independence from underground rap music and let education guide them to success. Underground rap music is a hardcore form of rap, sometimes labeled gangster rap, which started in the streets, and gave birth to independent rap artists without major recording contracts. In the early years of underground rap music, the messages expressed the emotions, authority, and logic of the streets and impoverished neighborhoods. Due to the non- commercial quality of underground rap music, underground artists had to find other ways of promoting their music without mainstream radio play and major label distribution. Although, underground rap music started out as the voice of the independent self-promoting street artist, it later became a profitable entity that continuously generates millions of dollars yearly; attracting droves of young men from the streets to stake their claim at trying to be the next underground rap superstar. However, the music material of today's underground rap sounds like it should be considered gangster rap; glorifying drugs, violence, and murder; having a negative effect on the youth. In addition, many underground rap artists have died, as a result of the lifestyle that comes with being an underground rap artist. Therefore, young men should really