Is rap music causing the culture of crime in black neighborhoods or is it responding to it?

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I’ve always held there’s no real evidence of violent video games causing people to become killers.
Which was a huuuuge research thing back after Columbine. Because the shooters loved Doom. Which now is so fckin tame compared to today where machine-gun-chainsaws are used on zombies… lol.

Is rap music causing the culture of crime in black neighborhoods or is it responding to it?

But I did just watch young girls dance to rap lyrics “slap the bitch, get her on her knees” which appeared in my pinterest feed amongst countertops and camera lenses…lol. And it did make me think, they’re a bit too young for that shit. But idk…

And above could be commentary on gangsters versus family as he’s holding a baby. Which is profound. Certainly that was a popular trope during our mafia movie obsession.

So I don’t know…

D_Bone_Steak · Accepted Answer

I've held this position since 1993... it affects white boys too which was freaking irritating to deal with. This is what happens... they start to idolize it so much and emulate it to the point that the white boy is basically acting like an under-60 IQ retard.

Little do they know they're just listening to a dude talking shit. But you take a teenage kid listening to bullshit on the regular as if it's God's word... guess what you end up with.

inhua · Accepted Answer

it's not the music but the success of the music artists that encourages crime culture in black neighborhoods

if these rappers were only broke losers living in a cardboard box, nobody would care but these rappers are wealthy while banging multiple women at the same time so it's understandable why crime culture is such a draw in such communities

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I think it plays a part in crime. I mean by singing about crime you're glorifying it making it look cool 😎

NotTacocaT6969 · Accepted Answer

It’s not the cause, only an effect.

disgustingweebtrash · Answer

It is not entirely incorrect that videogames/rap glorify violence.
I would in some ways say rap is more dangerous, because rappers are figures for young people to look up to when they listen to music, people like to emulate people they look up to. A good rap song that sort of covers this example is "Dance with the Devil" a song about a young guy called Billy who just wanted to be a major with diamonds and bitches, but he never had it in him in the first place, what was his fantasies was entirely different from what his reality was

Juxtapose · Answer

It's not rap exclusively but there's something rotten to the core with black urban culture.

You don't see this shit happening with African immigrants such as Nigerians who actually integrate very well into the United States and don't blame whitey for everything.

Grovermint · Answer

It’s just one genre. How does it negatively affect an entire race of people and their culture?

I don’t get it. I would say this though…look up the word “subcultures” and perhaps it will make sense. The rap/Hip Hop culture is a subculture and not the main culture because there are too many genres of music associated with black people.

Staximus · Answer

It glamorizes the criminal lifestyle. That communicates a message to young impressionable people that this is an acceptable lifestyle, and not a one way ticket to being a cash cow for the prison for profit industry.

Emilianorodríguez · Answer

Both, but mainly responding to it, which doesn't really matter, since everyone is free to sing whatever they want.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

Music doesn't cause people to commit crimes they wouldn't otherwise do. It just provides a soundtrack. In any case that is First Amendment shit.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

It's the poverty. You'd think we would have solved that by now since it has almost been 60 years since the war on poverty.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

No, that's a excuse. In Haiti they don't listen to rap and they slaughter each other like animals.

gorydetails · Answer

It’s a symptom of a horrible culture.

riverrat3 · Answer

I would guess it does not help any either

DarkLegacy · Answer

It glorifies crime so yes

Anonymous · Answer

It's both.

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