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NoxObscuras posted...

Because a lot of these guys are actual gang members. Rapping is seen as one of those ways to make it big and get out of the hood. But once you're wrapped up in that gang mentality, it's hard to escape it.

Some are eventually able to move away from it, but for others it gets them killed before their time. And they rap about it because they're rapping about what they know.

One of my childhood friends used to get bullied, so joining a gang helped him feel "protected". He's been in and out of jail for the last 20 years now. It's fucked up, because he was a good kid up until that point.

I seen it around me. In fact, the gang stuff is why I am even on this website. My mom bought us (siblings) video games to keep us out of trouble. I always thought it was lame to be in a gang. Although, I think some songs are good gym or hype music. I never really cared for any of it, that much.

ShineboxPhil posted...

The 2010s is where rap music really began to push the envelope with disrespectful lyrics.

It's when the term "smoking a (insert name) pack" began where a rapper would outright mock the deaths of their opps.

You had beefs in the 90s and 2000s but they never really said the foul shit they do like they do now...

I do remember that but I felt that was when people like Tyler the creator was growing big. Drake (as fake as he may be at least he didn't kill anyone) was growing big as well. Then they(rappers) started to mix with pop a lot more than usual.

Now I just keep seeing obituaries and bars all on the same articles.

radical_rhino posted...

I cant stand the rampant misogyny going back decades. I love rap but dont want my daughters to ever listen to it when they grow up lest they internalize that women are a second class to men.

Yeah, I feel like we need to do a lot of unwrapping with how we treat women. To me thays borderline third world country how they treat women. Don't get me wrong. Back then I never thought too much of it but now.... yeah.