I agree with a lot of your logic THC, but you cannot use the exact same economic principles while referring to the blackmarket as you would when talking about mainstream Corporate America. For instance, you cannot use terms like "market your product" so loosely. We all know word of mouth advertising seems to be the most effective, but that alone barely constitutes as "marketing your product" if at all. You cannot exactly advertise an illicit substance like you could a pair of shoes or a video game console. I also believe the difficulty of attaining some of the other things you mentioned such as new business development and achieving sales goals in the blackmarket are in no way comparable to that of which you referred to as a "real profession". I am from TN, which according to the NORML Report on U.S. Domestic Marijuana Production and information gathered by the DEA, is the third leading producer of marijuana in the Unites States only behind Kentucky, and California. That being said, I have never seen anyone, big time or small, who has had to compete for market share in marijuana. I also live in a large metropolitan city as well. The demand is just too high.

My second point is that whether or not you like to admit it society does look down on the hip hop subculture. I am not saying you deny or advocate this in any way and I am certainly not trying to justify it. At midyear 2007 there were 4,618 black male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,747 Hispanic male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 Hispanic males and 773 white male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 white males. I cannot in anyway prove how these black males acted or what they listened to, but I would not be afraid to say that they were affiliated with the hip hop culture at least somewhat. I wish the ignorance would end same as you THC. America only wants to focus on the negatives. They never mention the great people of our society who smoked marijuana. One of my idols, Carl Sagan, is considered by many to be one of the top three Physicists of the 21st century. What no one wanted to mention is the fact that he was an avid smoker. He formulated and wrote the answer to one of his most famous equations on his shower wall in steam while him and his wife were stoned bathing together. Why wasn't he mentioned in the news for smoking marijuana?