Black communities did embrace new jack swing its why they sold millions of records and dominated radio and the club scene for several years.
Gangsta rap couldn't even get airplay for years. Gangsta rap artist where basically underground artist who sold by word of mouth and street teams. The media that blew Gangsta rap artist up nationwide was "the box" which could play their videos all day every day and could be watched without cable TV.
I see you're talking about the the rap version and not the RnB. The black community did embrace new jack swing, but by 93 it had ran it's course. That Kid in play video was from 91 and the Snoop one is from 94 two different eras breh.
Check it: Both started off as a small, local offshoot styles of production that had their own distinct sound from the parent genre. Both blew up so that everyone started biting/being influenced by the wave. Both had people switching their styles up, thematically as well as musically...
To answer the thread's question, i think the main issue is the number of kids being raised by single mothers with no constant male energy in the household. The lyrical content of rap has an impact but not as big.
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