Gangsta Rap Is Poison: 2 Strong
If you’re crazy enough to let gangster music influence you to shoot up a neighborhood, you’ve got bigger issues to contend with. My only gripe with gangster music is that it’s saying the same thing: I tote big guns & sling drugs, sex women, cruising down the street in my 6-4, etc. At the same time, gangster rap reflects the environment: Violence, drugs, police harassment, poverty. If you want to change rap music, change the impoverished conditions. If it seems like rappers glorify violence, maybe they’re reporting the reality of ghetto life: Unfortunately, a lot of people die in the ghetto, and a lot of them lost loved ones to violence.
