Ice Cube says rap encourages criminal behavior

[get these nets]

So you're saying if rap goes away tomorrow the crime rate drops.

Not sure how serious you are here. I read your previous posts. The real life factors and environments that many Black youth come from are limiting their life options and hondering their chances for success. You are right about that.

The 24/7 wall of negative music and imagery going on for 30 straight years now has also been a factor in that decline. EVEN among Black youth from solid, stable homes and communities.

That entrenched level of negativity will, obviously, not disappear if the music/imagery were to change overnight.

You posing that question seems like a deflection.

 

[Budda]

He should give back most of his money knowing this, he benighted directly from Gangasta rap now at 50+ it’s easy to the moral high ground when you’ve had a life full of luxury for the most part of your life, I’d respect him more if he gave most of his money to black charities rather than just talk.

 

[2 one 3]

Ain't no black people wanna hear that shyt lets be honest.

Lies

 

[I'm Blackman]

Lies

Big lie

 

[Brandon M.]

yall hating on CUBE in here?


the internet really a delusion b smh

 

[Dzali OG]

We really blaming rappers for shytty mathers and the daddy running away.

nikkas need to start taking accountability and stop blaming entertainers.

Nooo...they are two separate things.

A question can be asked of, did rap music play a part in creating the bad parents?

 

[Ski Mask]

Kids reciting sexy redd, having nba youngboy/king von theme birthday parties, but its not influential? nikkas understand media influence when it comes to gay shyt, but when it comes to violence, drugs and other harmful shyt in the community all of a sudden media influence aint powerful? .

 

[Legend27]

Yeah this is hypocritical but it’s right and it seems like some people on here think it’s necessary to ban rap music/drill music in order to have low or no violence and are using evidence and/or logic which have very little or no correlation at all and using it as evidence for causation which is dumb as hell (near exact same argument for banning “violent” video games)

It’s funny to because some nikkas will literally say shyt like poverty, education ,single parents , resources, fukking white supremacy especially in this country, etc are all excuses and nikkas will dap them for those idiotic takes but blaming and pointing the finger at rap/drill music and W.A.P is all good and not an excuse

You can still have low violence in a community and people listen to drill music.

People consume this content because they enjoy it for a variety of different reasons (beats, flow, lyrics, storytelling, relatable, etc) for a variety of different activities. This doesn't mean they “celebrate and/or support the violence/actions behind these songs.
Maybe it doesn't necessarily benefit us in a meaningful way socially but me and most people believe it doesn't negatively affect us in a meaningful way either, not like poverty, education, criminal justice system, policy, resources, environmental health, housing, proper parenting & lack of parents & guidance, health care, mental health, addiction, economics, tackling disingenuous narratives about black people (especially on the news) and even nutrition & dieting that is on a completely different scale.
So that's why people would much rather focus on these types of issues instead of rap/drill music because these are much much much more essential, effective, and meaningful options to help the black community in stability, health, happiness, and freedom to get us closer to peace and like I said in that other thread banning, limiting, not listening or “celebrating”rap/drill music isn't necessary and is more closer to being a non-factor to achieving any of these things while the things I stated are again much more vital. We can listen to drill music, play violent video games, & violent terrifying horror movies all day (all three have the same core arguments & thought process even if a different scales) & still have low violence & a peaceful community while other much more problematic issues in the world are much more blurry & difficult to achieve these goals.

I said treating not claiming Nikka already shifting the goalpost
You on still on this reglious campaign about rap music even after nikkas time & time again gave much more meaningful, rational, significant causes as to why specifically crime & certain behaviors are they way they are in the community you again keep ignoring/ putting it in the backfield to spend more time talking about rap music not even the fukking gangs in rap music

If your instinct is to skip all these & first & foremost talk about rap the impression you’re giving is you are not trying to have a thoughtful serious discussion to at least speak about substantially helping the black community with me and some others that feel that way & then wondering why you keep getting criticized cuz at the end of the day nikkas (myself included) are keep repeating the same talking points & rhetoric repeat actually substantial talking points, especially in talks of wanting/trying to make a change it's that simple

Some things never change