Tricia Rose's Hip-Hop Causes Violence is an essay published by Basic Civitas in 2008 that discusses the ways that hip-hop music's intentions are often misinterpreted by the general audience. Rose often cites social psychologists throughout her essay, leading the reader to infer that Rose is experienced with the field of social psychology and the ways that the human mind functions; however, Rose's essay is not one teeming with a scientific lexicon nor exclusive to social psychologists, but is instead addressed to the critics of hip-hop music by utilizing information endowed by academia. Whereas the general audience might claim that the art caused chaos, Rose argues that the art of hip-hop music is a reaction to the chaos rappers have dealt with