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Originally Posted by joethiesmanfan

Making a gangster rap record does not make you a criminal.

It doesn't make you a responsible citizen either. I don't know... there are many lucrative career fields out there that capitalize off of what some would call immorality (highly subjective term). I think gangsta rapper is one of them. If you're making your living through promoting violence and criminal activity, you're not a good person, in my eyes (if that matters). Still, I have to agree with your overall point, gangsta rap/hip hop music/culture is not the responsible party for violence among young people, civic leadership is. When you are the/a leader of a group of people, and that group of people is in a non-improving situation, you are at fault. That's thing with being in charge, it makes you responsible. I'd love to see a strong black leader that was truly devoted to improving the situation for young people. And I'm a white dude... I'm damn sure I don't know anything about the situation comparatively but there just has to be soooo much wasted potential. How many fantastic futures are being discarded because there is no one to show these young people the way?