I stepped back and re-read the thread.
Firstly.... I don't keep that white shit in my playlist. But I hear it every time I walk thru the kitchen at work
And I see the point you making
@Goldie and even though I tried to redirect, the derail was in full effect.
My reasoning for the direction I went in is that I was trying to highlight that the same symptoms exists, they just look different in each community.
And while music can play a part. a better example is the gangs.... Or "running with the wrong crowd"
In our community you have a lotta single family homes, children... Especially boys being forced to be the man of the house early. Feeling they have to support and provide.... Which in terms pushes them into that street life. Forcing them towards gangs.
In other communities it's more of a lack of support. Parents who disconnect with their kids. Don't feel they understand this generation, ostracize them for not fitting the image that they want them to. The kids rebel because they want to go their own way. Next thing they wearing black, drawing skulls n shit, tattoos, claiming they misunderstood... All that shit. And it's tons of music out there that speaks to them too
In both scenarios, those kids become very vulnerable to being manipulated and corrupted by those kinds of groups that offer the illusion of family and acceptance.
In the black community is very reflected in the music... Which makes the music an easy target. Where as in white communities it's still very much there, it just looks and sounds different. But they taking, using, and selling hard drugs daily.
At the end pointing those things out isn't working towards solutions.. which is originally what the thread was about, and I apologize for my part in leading the thread away from that discussion.
But what I did try to explain that there has to be a balance or discussion. We as a community have to be aware of those conditions when our youth is at risk. I'm always going to listen to my rap... Cuz I like listening to that shit. Doesn't mean I live my life like that.
These rappers are like wrestlers.... They putting on a show and I'm entertained. But the impressionable will take it a different way, and that's where our role comes in.... Showing them that despite seeming cool... That shit not real. Young Jeezy may be rapping trap or die... But he a proud father of his son in college. Show them what's real and what's fake and how to tell the difference
