I got 400 tears for 400 peers that died last year from gang related crime that’s why I got gang related rhymes

And the gangster rap imo was just the inevitable next step from the "violent revolutionary raps" tbh.

I’m sick of gang banging murdering thugs and the glorification of their music

They the biggest destroyers of the black community

Selling poison, shooting folks, abusing our women, and perpetuate ignorance and the little kids look up to that not the brother with the book

Again a project that came out long after the start of rap and another artist that would be fine without relying on street s***

Street storytelling isn’t the problem moreso the cartoonish glorification of it, i.e. the stuff in Chicago not being “cancel” worthy and actually will blow a nigga career up lol

White kids can use a dead 15 year old as slang for weed but DaBaby’s comments were the final straw 😂

KRS-One is only who he is now because Scott LaRock died bro.

Self-Destruction, By All Means Necessary, and all of what KRS is now would've never come to fruition if that aint the case lol.

And that's something you gotta take up with THOSE white kids. Most sensible black people in our mid 20s don't like that s*** either.

Whenever I dj I refuse to play Who I Smoke. Letting a childhood classic get turned into an anthem for dead kids I hate that s*** and imo is cancel worthy.

But to bring it up during a time that...well, people (and mostly black people) of the lgbtq are also getting killed (literally) just for being who they are, comes across as non genuine. People can multi-task and there are active anti-gun violence rallies in those cities that are affected the most all the time.

But yeah. F*** drill rap.

Personally I think the LGBTQ just don't wanna be involved with street rap and its culture because they know how s*** goes down, and that's why they been kicking up.

Also, I do just hate that whole "You can rap about killing niggas but can't say anything against the LGBTQ" thing because

1. Why do y'all wanna s*** on an oppressed group so bad?
2. Why don't y'all stop rapping about killing niggas? The change gotta come from within, and over the last two decades, niggas don't wanna change cause they see its profit in rapping about being a detriment to society and their community.
3. If y'all feel a way about niggas rapping about killing other niggas...why do y'all continue to actively seek that music out and support the artists who make it?

The point I'm tryna get at is maybe it's time to look within. Yes there is a big difference between street raps that tell cautionary tales about being involved in the streets with the moral of the story being "It ain't worth it", and street raps that are about the glorification of street life, crime, violence, and d*** abuse. Guess which kinda street rap is more popular though?

Nigga cuz you niggas can’t just waltz into this god damn culture and pick out what everybody else is supposed to be on. Go do that in pop, indie, edm i don’t care. But please leave the only politically uncensored raw genre we have ALONE. Homophobia in hip hop is a problem — there’s many “problems” we have, this s*** is rooted in its ability to BE problematic.

Politically raw and uncensored?? in 2021 with how poppy it has become? It's not the 90s anymore bro. S*** has changed since the 2010s

Yes, a lot of black communities are actually asking for more policing. I'm well aware. I'm not inserting myself into how communities address these issues. I'm talking about the art that is a reflection of symptoms of material disparity.

Can art and reality be mutual reinforcing? Yes- to a degree. This thread wasn't even made about the art. It was made when DaBaby said some dumb s*** at a show to do a very weak "hypocrisy defense". Guess what? The backlash he got encouraged him to go out and meet with other victims of societal injustice. Even if it was cynical PR, he's probably a better person for it.

The very first #1 on the rap charts was an anti-gangbanging posse cut from the west coast. The east coast followed suit with their own which also hit number one. Nobody talks about them because they were pretty bad songs and what social significance did they dispense? People don't overcome their socioeconomic destiny when they hear Kanye West. Most of the time, their socioeconomic conditions determine if they want to listen to that music in the first place.

The kids who get out of the hood making music about the violence, paradoxically enough, escape the violence. Entertainment and sports have long been ways out when others were cut off. Becoming an artist or athlete is generally good for kids. You can hear it in the music what happen to all of Herb's and Durk's friends who were not so lucky. It's heartbreaking.

White kids spent two decades rapping like Slim Shady with Jeffrey Dahmer bars. Kids watch movies with unimaginable violence, play Call of Duty and GTA all day. A lot of them happen to not live in destitute, underdeveloped areas that have been turned into warzones. I see no reason to talk about rap music in this cultural vacuum. It's borderline racist even. If you like rap music, you can't buy into this s***. You're being placated and missing the point if any of your energy is spent on this culture war nonsense.

Yea cuz despite all the gentrification this is still the most unfiltered section of the entertainment business.

I'll never understand you niggas who cape for negativity, violence, and hate as things apart of our culture so hard...as if it's something to be proud of and protect.

Death metal literally exists.

Death metal as a genre doesnt move as the needle as much drake by himself. rap is extremely relevant in media and pop culture thats why keeping it raw is so important

Sounding like Karen in 1989

Rap is imperfect & that’s the entire appeal and power of it. That’s why censorship can’t ever be f***ing it up

You are talking about unfiltered genres of music. Not about the attention they receive. Stick to your point nigga.

Nigga taking pride in music from artists that are detriments to their community...and in turn their culture and don't even realize it. Or worse, doesn't actually care.

Better not ever see some you niggas complaining about "Nobody complains about rappers rapping about killing Black people!"

To be fair a lot of genres talk about killing etc, but its only notable in media when black people talk about it

Aight, get off your moral high horse Mr. “Passing on my STDs”

You was literally giving out “poison” to our women f***ing everything moving raw until you finally got checked out.

lets not deflect here my brotha

We got coons out here tapping about shootin dope to the kids

Not gonna lie I was waiting for you to get in on this with that

I agree with a bit of what he's saying though lol I just believe that the biggest destroyer of Black communities is still gonna be racism and its forms in different aspects of life more than anything.

Yes those are all issues in the Black community, but ya gotta recognize the true root of the issues.