Is Rap responsible for the downfall of the black race?

[yoyoyo1]

could you see anything like this occurring in 2014?

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Looks that way

 

[b@squ1@t]

how many rappers you see in st louis protestin instead of ballin poppin bottles and smashin strippers?

take it however

 

[kj614]

Rap had to have made us drop out and sell dope.. shyt other wise we would have to blame poverty.. Luckily we just started being poor in the 80's when rap came out

 

[kj614]

If it wasn't for rap there would be no drugs.

 

[kj614]

Rap is how we figured out that selling dope is the purest form of capitalism EVER. Buy low sell high get rich and die.. Rapitalism

 

[feelosofer]

Is this a serious question?

There are a lot of factors that go into the downfall of us as a whole that merit more discussion than can be provided in this thread.

 

[ROFL_GUY]

 

[kj614]

None of us know the difference between music and reality.. Blacks are dumb





Nah for real I would blame Walnut brain goofys. They think rap did it... shyt at least if you blame rap understand the implementation of such a plan. Media is grand at mind control be it TV music shyt really even church...

 

[MaccabeanRebel]

No, rap music woke me up.

Stop listening to that drone shyt

 

[Wild self]

It played a part of the mass brainwashing of the general population, not just black folk. Turn off the TV, read books, and search the internet for truth.

 

[aboss4real24]

 

[eastside313]

Not responsible solely, but it damn sure plays a part.

 

[Truality]

not just blacks

youth in general

and not just rap

entertainment industry overall

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Rap isn't fully responsible, a lot of shyt has been going on since before rap existed but it damn sure hasn't helped the cause. And im not talking about Chuck D and them nikkas, im talking about the rappers who glorify doing and selling hard drugs, violence against one another, and objectifying females. This is why I can't ever be mad at rappers like Drake, Kendrick, and J Cole.. they aren't out here influencing kids to do negative shyt that sets us back as people.

50 Cent and Cam are 2 of my favorite rappers of all time but id be lying if I said they didnt influence young kids growing up in the early 2000s in a negative aspect.. this is speaking from experience, myself and a lot of people I knew were on some fake gang member shyt just cuz we saw our idols doing it. Luckily I grew out of that, I cant speak for everybody else though