Uchiha God
Veteran
I dunno why rap as an art form gets held to a standard that the other art forms don't. violence in the community happens and people turn around and blame rap music, that's weird and flawed to me. I also don't understand why people think a rapper that raps about violence can't/shouldn't be a BLM advocate, I see it too often here, posters calling rappers hypocrites merely because the content of their music does not "match" their social commentary/stance on issues.
Maybe its cause I tend to look at rap/hip-hop firstly as entertainment and art. It was always weird to me when blogs and newspapers tried to shift culpability for real life violent incidents to videogames, and the same applies to rap for me. Granted, there's always the element of it potentially influencing a certain attitude but that's where parenting and society as a whole have a bigger role to play (and where the guilt should be placed that). Gotta teach your kids/people to separate art/fiction/entertainment from real life and consequences and impact of decisions, right from wrong, etc. For me Meek shouldn't have to change the content of his artistry for me to take his social stances or positive messaging outside of the music seriously.
With that said, I'm also not against rappers taking new directions if that's how/what they feel like doing, I just never quite understood why people are so fixated on having nikkas rap about unicorns and rainbows for them to be able to make a positive impact.
Maybe its cause I tend to look at rap/hip-hop firstly as entertainment and art. It was always weird to me when blogs and newspapers tried to shift culpability for real life violent incidents to videogames, and the same applies to rap for me. Granted, there's always the element of it potentially influencing a certain attitude but that's where parenting and society as a whole have a bigger role to play (and where the guilt should be placed that). Gotta teach your kids/people to separate art/fiction/entertainment from real life and consequences and impact of decisions, right from wrong, etc. For me Meek shouldn't have to change the content of his artistry for me to take his social stances or positive messaging outside of the music seriously.
With that said, I'm also not against rappers taking new directions if that's how/what they feel like doing, I just never quite understood why people are so fixated on having nikkas rap about unicorns and rainbows for them to be able to make a positive impact.
