I'm not downplaying anything, you are downplaying the influence and responsibility of parents
Both of my parents worked

My first album was The Chronic at age 9

I went to college and am a tax paying citizen
Why? My dad didn't play that shyt. I had to answer to my parents before anybody.
If people are too busy to raise kids right
they shouldn't have them. But if they do have them they have to do everything they can to keep them on the straight and narrow. Stop using rap as an excuse for bad parenting