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Thats the problem.
On NT everything has to be one extreme or the other.
No one is saying that Hip Hop is the ONLY factor, but the people that try to act like it has no effect are just wrong.
And just to clear something up. Hip hop IS NOT the problem.
Hip hop was and is a culture that includes several different forms of positive expression such as Djing, B-boying, MCing, Graffiti, ,etc.
This culture actually had a positive effect on people in terms of creativity and conflict resolution.
The problem IS NOT gangsta rap as it was in the 80s.
Gangsta rap, back then when NWA hit the scene, was more of a news report of things that were actually happening in the hood, as a way to shed light on the social injustices that were being swept under the rug in our communities.
I dont even blame Master P, The Hot Boys and others in the 90s that lived the life. The ones that actually sold the drugs because they came up right in the middle of the crack epidemic. Some took advantage of crack being an actual way of making money, due to the fact that there werent drug task forces and satellites zooming down from space. They lived the life and were just telling us their stories.
IMO the problem came in with the Trap Rappers who glorify a life they never lived, which is most of these dudes.
They give the false illusion that the streets made them and that rapping is just something they do to clean up the massive amounts of drug money that they have,
when in actuality its the other way around. They get massive amounts of money by making up stories about things they NEVER did.
They make it seem like you can actually make a career out of selling drugs. In 2016 that is a lie. No newcomer can grind their way up to a several mills or a billy hustling dope these days. There is too much surveillance, and ACTUAL snitches out there to flourish. They promote a lifestyle that has been proven time and time again to be a one way ticket straight to prison or the grave. A lifestyle that they themselves never lived. And as long as they make it look cool there will always be some that think they can emulate the rappers's made up results, which of course they cant because it was made up in the 1st place.
Their music has nothing to do with informing people of whats happening in our hoods, or telling about their life's stories and experiences.
Its all a lie designed to trick young people into giving away their rights and freedoms voluntarily.
On NT everything has to be one extreme or the other.
No one is saying that Hip Hop is the ONLY factor, but the people that try to act like it has no effect are just wrong.
And just to clear something up. Hip hop IS NOT the problem.
Hip hop was and is a culture that includes several different forms of positive expression such as Djing, B-boying, MCing, Graffiti, ,etc.
This culture actually had a positive effect on people in terms of creativity and conflict resolution.
The problem IS NOT gangsta rap as it was in the 80s.
Gangsta rap, back then when NWA hit the scene, was more of a news report of things that were actually happening in the hood, as a way to shed light on the social injustices that were being swept under the rug in our communities.
I dont even blame Master P, The Hot Boys and others in the 90s that lived the life. The ones that actually sold the drugs because they came up right in the middle of the crack epidemic. Some took advantage of crack being an actual way of making money, due to the fact that there werent drug task forces and satellites zooming down from space. They lived the life and were just telling us their stories.
IMO the problem came in with the Trap Rappers who glorify a life they never lived, which is most of these dudes.
They give the false illusion that the streets made them and that rapping is just something they do to clean up the massive amounts of drug money that they have,
when in actuality its the other way around. They get massive amounts of money by making up stories about things they NEVER did.
They make it seem like you can actually make a career out of selling drugs. In 2016 that is a lie. No newcomer can grind their way up to a several mills or a billy hustling dope these days. There is too much surveillance, and ACTUAL snitches out there to flourish. They promote a lifestyle that has been proven time and time again to be a one way ticket straight to prison or the grave. A lifestyle that they themselves never lived. And as long as they make it look cool there will always be some that think they can emulate the rappers's made up results, which of course they cant because it was made up in the 1st place.
Their music has nothing to do with informing people of whats happening in our hoods, or telling about their life's stories and experiences.
Its all a lie designed to trick young people into giving away their rights and freedoms voluntarily.
