So how can this be achieved internally?

A lot of black people idolize that s*** too. let’s keep it a bean.

It’s more toxic and harmful to young black men and women than it is to whites, especially since a lot of black youth are raised through media without great parental figures in the home for various reasons

This is a discussion that needs to be discussed fr.

and black youth will be persecuted out of existence by the state if it continues. racial bias in the punitive system has and will continue to be the norm.

Niggas saying it’s whites lmao tf? Are nerdy surburbab hipsters the ones pulling triggers on niggas or making ig lives cussing out niggas whole families and gangs. This is on us black people period. Lack of accountability and victim mentality is destroying my people.

these rappers aren’t glorifying street culture, they’re rapping about their own experiences

it’s the adam22/Akademiks fanboys & hypebeasts glorifying it

People simply aren’t ready to have a real conversation about this lol The blame will always be deflected away from the individual and placed upon circumstance or white people or both. All of which are valid, none of which addresses the actual issue and so the can gets kicked down the road once more.

Thank you. People don’t really wanna have that conversation. And it’s a shame because anyone who tries to start is called a coon or whatever.

streets is demonic

violence and power will always be intoxicating.
you either escape into using, escape into dealing, or escape the hood period.

this is a massive question that requires a lot of insight and depth to answer it (neither of which I have a lot of)-- but the answer I'll put out is that it's borderline impossible internally. Black folk need two aspects of power that they simply lack:

1. Economic strength
2. Political influence

How do black folk gain economic strength? Massive government infrastructure projects with good pay. Centralized education. Mandated affirmative action. End the war on d****. And etc.

How do black folk gain political influence? Political influence is economic strength in the US. Concentrate the population in a few key states and cities in order to have a stronger presence. Have the economic feasibility to lobby Congress. And etc.

The key is to make it unfeasible for folk to turn to a life of crime. Why would I need to be a dealer when I can go work as an internal auditor? Why would I need to rob a gas station when I can sign up for a nearby project position that will help me feed and take care of my family, and at the same help my community? Why do I need to pickpocket folk to pay for my dying mother's medical bills when I can go to a black-owned clinic with a healthcare system that will allow me to not worry about it?

Uplifting black communities can be done in the span of a few decades-- the problem is the existing power structure that disallows progress and mobility. The US is a big prison for all poor folk.

at the end of the day words and music are powerful, and all that s*** is low vibration. as a culture, we need to push positivity.

yes, you deserve to tell your story, but when you got bars like "finna flip that nigga his mama gon cry" or some s***, it's f***ed up and now you're amplifying in the name of entertainment. then people are being programed by that s***.

niggas that getting killed are programming they own killers

Great response.

I asked the emphasize the real difficulty of the problem at hand. A couple of posters on the last page mentioned power and control as (viable) reasons why the street life can be so attractive,and your post highlights why it’s so easy to perceive a lack of those things when the solution is both so daunting and also relatively separate from ones own immediate ability.

Yep
If we can denounce d*** culture because the same thing was happening we have to denounce street s*** as well

programming they own killers... tru.

F*** these cacs and their “BRUH CHICAGO IS LIKE GTA” comments

You just mad Kanye b**** ass lost. Shut up boy.

Would be the same with out the music, you just tired of hearing about the real consequences of the s***

If you care about black people not living by the streets I promise you, not listening to drill music is not going to solve a single thing

There’s a massive difference between original street rap and drill.

But I’m not gonna play the semantics game cus I see what OP means and he’s right

Vince also said this in Summertime (great song with clams prod ) :
''Hope you understand, they never taught me how to be a man
Only how to be a shooter, I only need the time to prove it''

There is no answer lol it’s all collectively too far gone

Absolutelly not. Thats censoring.

We need quality education so people can be smart enough to not get into that fantasy.

This same argument applies to videogames and any other media.