Originally Posted by PIMPIN aint easy

rap and violence are intertwined but rap does not breed violence

look most of them are from the ghetto so no matter whether they like rap pop bill clinton football or watever they are automatically exposed to violence so naturally its apart of their lives

rap is an interest, a hobbie and wit sum is taken further to make a career out of it and rap is an extremly popular hobbie which alot of the youth are interested in and most in the ghetto are interested in so these people who are into rap are already exposed to violence and a rougher life, the rap does not expose them to it or make them violent its their surrounding and the way they where raised

come on rap breathes violence is a stupid comment thats like sayin yo-yo's breathe violence cause wen every1 was playin wit yo-yos they where all playin wit them in the hood aswell as a hobby just like rap is a hobby but i dont see very1 blamin the yo-yos for the violence in youth today

rap is just an easy target to blame

Originally Posted by PIMPIN aint easy

how many opera,country,pop and jazz performers are young males from the ghetto?????

Originally Posted by PIMPIN aint easy

are most jazz singers youny males from the ghetto...........NO

Originally Posted by Tha Q.

Again, my question is, why even be in that environment? Why is he carrying around a gun? Why do rappers feel like they have to prove their manhood/bravado through violence?

Of course, just like I stated yesterday, rappers/DJs/etc are defending hip hop by saying, "this doesn't mean it was rap related."

pssf...sure...My question to them is: "How many opera, country, pop, and jazz performers have been gunned down in the last 10 years"?

Rap breeds violence and Proof is its latest victim. RIP tho...

It's just sad man.

Another thing...I find it eerie that he depicted his death in Em's video for "Toy Soldiers." Like Pac and Big, I wonder if he had an obsession over death and became a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Who knows...

The rap industry had better be careful though. If things like this continue to happen, then the government will become involved, spying on rappers even more than they already do and imposing regulations on music.

^^That's what I think.

Originally Posted by Compose

i dont think the gov will do shit, how many white men over the age of 40 like rap? or even care about younger minorities in hip hop :-\ not many imo, and thats what the government is composed of, and just because proof had a gun doesnt mean he had it because it made him look cool or whatever, he had it for protection cuz he was in a bad area, i dont think the fact that he had a gun makes it seem like he had it cuz it was 'gangsta' type shit, and hes there cuz he prolly just like to hang out there =/ thats his choice, its not so smart to go back to a bad area when you're famous already but he did it anyway

Originally Posted by TeamOne

his album already came out???????????