They literally use rap to promote things and do product placement. So they clearly understand there is an influence there.
Social engineering- the use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behavior of a society.
"the country's unique blend of open economics and social engineering"
The problem is yall are missing the nuance and going straight to "rap dont make you kill people
". Obviously the threshhold for music making you do that would be much higher. But what about all the other things that are not illegal,and probably seem harmless on their own. But are very toxic and dangerous in a harsher environment,or when coupled together.
Also you completely ignore how rap culture is being used to portray a certain image of black people. Which would mean people are being socially engineered to view us in a certain light. Like maybe the police viewing us as dangerous based on the music. Yall are looking at it one sided
A wise man once said "music is a powerful force"
Music can be used to influence, serenade and sway to things
What you spoke on social engineering speaks depth on why entertainment reigns supreme
Hip Hop/Rap when it was first came in the late 70's/early 80's was mainly party records. The main "formula" of mainstream hip hop that generates sales in the industry. The same music that gets plays in the club.
In the mid 80's, reality rap with Schooly D, Boogie Down Productions, and Ice T starts to emerge. Late 80's, NWA gave reality rap more notoriety with "Straight Outta Compton" and "Dopeman". Public Enemy's aggressive politically charged lyrics would Ice Cube along with Beastie Boys. The group "CIA" which had Cube, the group recorded over tracks for "My Posse" and "Ill-Legal".
"Reality" rap became misnamed as "gangster" rap. Reality rap was just rappers being newscasters, reporting what was conveyed in their neighborhood -> gangs, hustlers, homicides, etc.
The 90's was when gangster rap was it's prime. The "Mafioso" style was mostly references to mobster culture -> drug distribution, organized fukkery and racketeering. On wax, these were synonymous with street tales on the gritty streets of 90's New York. The glorification of being a mobster led to a lot of individuals desiring to being a "gangster" for some street cred. 50 cent will later address this in the song "Wanksta".
Unfortunately, gangster rap costed the lives of both two greats, Pac and Big. The media used sensationalism to social program the masses on the "east coast vs "west coast" beef. As a result, a lot of people died because of these beefs. Before this, there wasn't any east coast vs west beef, both sides rocked with each other. A lot of G-Funk is synonymous with early Redman and EPMD.
The media does use rap as a trojan horse. Most young kids listen to rap it's the mostly distinguished genre in the world. Fast forward to drill era, the same is being used. The difference is nowadays drill rappers actually kill these opps and flexx how many bodies they killed.
Rap itself isn't the destruction, messenger who controls the content controls the atmosphere.
that even Cube waved the white flag. A forefather of commercial gangsta rap.
