Well well well.... where do i begin.
Sean... Bravo to you sir for taking a stand against the mainstream first of all.
I cant agree with you more, those rappers are circus clowns.
But your missing the main problem with the black community that has of late trickled to the whole country, hell i see it every day on this forum.
People have lost the sense of having to work for things, everyday on this forum i see posts like " but so an so is rich" or " comments in general about people with money. Everyone wants the easy way out of everything, its all about getting things as quick as possible with as little work possible, and when people see someone who has it already or it was easier for them, because they made it already and or theyre parent already busted there asses and became succusefull and are now able to share opportunitys with there children that the parents themselves didnt have; the first instict is to HATE on them....
How this applies to RAP and the black community in general is as follows. Rappers have popularized the quote gangster life style of selling drugs, treating women like crap, having kids then leaving them. Everything about rap and almost every song is all about look at me, look at what i got etc. It has become demonized in most of the black commuinity to get good grades in school, stay off of drugs, and not break the law and to blame white people for all their problems, ( see reverend wright, jesse jackson, and al sharpton) . I have friends now that are succusfull and they told me growing up half of them where mocked because they wanted to go to college and be succusefull. The culture of the inner city african american is why this is taking place. Untill we get these people off of welfare things are never gonna change.
Now im not being racist but you cant deny these statistics
1. Today, more African-American men are in jail than in college
2. HIV is rampant among african americans
3. 47 percent of working-age (16+) African-American men either unemployed or not in the workforce.
4. 24.7% poverty rate
Now obviously im not saying all african american people are this way, as statistcly the black middle class doubled from 1998 till 2008 (which of course is a great thing) but as it pertains to the quote hip hop community.
The culture of african americans needs to change as well as many white americans in this country even some of you. Stop worring about what every one else has and what you dont and go out there and get it. Its not easy of course...... to work hard and sacrifice but it can be done.
Flame suit on!!!!
