A realistic examination of gangster rap?

Gangster rap music -





I like gangster rap music and still do but I see it as a form of brainwashing currently and think that what people have take into account that it's still a majority white audience who lives in the suburbs - young, white people who are into rebelling against their parents who buy this stuff and think it's just a kick , it's fun anotherwords . It's just a way of expressing their anti-authoritarianism . However these kids never lived in the ghetto , never experienced real authoritarianism and I feel the music really losses its purpose in that sense .





On the other hand black kids listen and think " Oh , that's what it means to be black . That's how you make money . That's how you become rich and famous and get on TV , get music videos and live in mansion . And that's how you either get the boys or the girls . " The girls think they have to be half-naked and spinning around like they're on meth in order to get any attention . It really corrupts people and I think it adds to some serious sociological problems , like the high out-of-wedlock birth rate because of this hypersexual imagery that then the kids adapt to some kind of reality . I mean , it's inauthentic . It's not in keeping with great black traditions of struggle and excellence , from Willie Mays to Aretha Franklin but even in terms of academics , going back to people like Charles Drew or Ben Carson who is a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University. That stuff all of a sudden, is pushed aside . That's treated as , " You're a nerd , you're acting white . " By the black community , if you try to be excellent and rise yourself up realistically and I find it absurd .





Anyone agree ?

A realistic examination of gangster rap?
how can you not? sometimes it's like that, but sometimes parents are involved enough in their kids lives, and no matter what they're listening to, they should have good direction regardless of the outside influences
Reply:yeah you got a point but what if white people actually do like rap? like eminem you can't say all this **** about him because he actually liked it and had passion for it. look it's not always the black people that know how this actually feels. i'm white but i'm also part mexican but i grew up around people just like this i've seen it all and i didn't grow up in suburbia. i love rap i don't listen to it to rebel against my parents that's stupid. so that's the biggest stereotype ever and i know i don't speak for all white people but i love rap and that's the truth. people who just try to get famous off of it are dumb lookin to get rich quick. so don't accuse all of us for not actually liking it when there are some who really do. and it's also not inauthentic. other than that most of what you said is true
Reply:^^^^^^^ Nuff said





Well spoken
Reply:yes, I agree and applaud you for seeing the truth of it. there are going to be many that do not like your question and you may get reported, but that's part of speaking the truth, you'll make those that do not like to hear it very angry
Reply:you aint ever been to the ghetto! man theres ****** and then theres black people.. ****** listen to rap.. black people generally dont.. ****** slang, bang, claim gangs.. but youre wrong on the part that raps inauthentic.. people do get killed for throwing gang signs in the wrong hoods.. people do get robbed in broad day light.. crack heads do hang around asking for hand outs.. drug dealers do ride some NICE cars.. a lot of ****** do end up dead or in jail before they twenty one.. the white kids listening it to in suburbia is a completely different issue you right about that but i think what influences most is how popular ebonics have gotten.. its actually COOL to sound illiterate.. well thas coo with me