I think it really depends on where the listener is holding. I wouldn’t stress the yiddishe taam, or lack thereof, to my students who are knowledgeable of the latest rappers and their respective crimes. I would mention it to my children, but not push it, because I think it’s one of the “pick your battles” issues. I don’t think listening to modernishe Jewish singers is a major contributing factor in the causation of defection from Torah. People often listen to music that they identify with, so I think it might be more of a symptom than anything else.
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