Quote Originally Posted by MacWQ33
I agree it's stupid to idolize criminals, but I guess that's just unfortunately the way it is with some people. I also think it may have to do with absence of a mother/father figure and poverty stricken circumstances where these kids grow up and see nothing positive except for hustling drugs and basically 'doing what it takes'.

But, to say gangs, gang violence, and gangsta trends is because of rap artists? What lol?. The artists just bring what they experienced/saw [Way before they were artists] to the public. Many of them grew up in the situations mentioned above...and now they act as a reporter, sharing their upbringings with the rest of the world.

People get so upset when they hear a guy rapping about murder, drugs, guns, and all that...but they are simply just reporting the truth to you. People don't get mad at the guy on the news telling you about a murder, or even at a movie where you actually SEE the act of violence...but when it comes to hip-hop music...God forbid!
You really don't think it's at all exagerrated? I agree that some rappers are probably truthful, but others just glory in their image without any real truth.
cannabis=freedom Reviewed by cannabis=freedom on . Anything "gangsta" makes me grind my teeth.... Anyone else experience this? I'm not proud of it, but whenever I see anyone dressed in gangsta clothing, taking a picture with the "gangsta pose", saying thinks like "mah peeps", etc., I just want to yell at them! I mean, they think they're soooo cool, but it's really almost amusingly pathetic. (Btw, that pose with the fingers is commonly done and it is not that that bugs me, but when it is accompanied by the stone-hard look as well...) Rating: 5