“Rap doesn’t influence anyone to commit crimes”

[8WON6]

so the thread went from rap influences crime to rap can make you moody?

they always walk it back.

 

[Peruvian Connect]

they always walk it back.

it's the same shiit, goofy

 

[OfTheCross]

Since this has been a hot topic on TheColi as of late, here’s a clip from No Malice from Clipse that I’ve never seen before regarding his take on the matter

Start at 0:30




Update: Pretty solid, nuanced, balanced article touching on music, poverty, and environment’s affect on humans in general

How music can change the way you feel and act | CNN

Music is ever present, from our spiritual rituals to most leisure time activities – song is always there. But how can the songs that surround us influence our behavior and daily actions? Turns out, in multiple ways.

www.cnn.com

The poll results are giving me hope

 

[8WON6]

it's the same shiit, goofy

your screen name makes me wanna sell drugs and find a "Peruvian Connect". please change it, you're going to making me commit crimes.

 

[OfTheCross]

Of course it does but that doesn't mean to say the drive wasn't already within.

The music business is based on low vibrational state management just like the news wing of the firm generates fear and anxiety.

You mean to tell me everyone who was anti weed in 89 and suddenly started blazing in 93 wasn't influenced by The Chronic or these modern moronic mumblers and stumblers didn't take their cues from those who they thought were cool so they popped whatever it is the kids do to be just like them?

C'mon man, thats just being willfully ignorant. Go and listen to Stic Mans Workout album back to back for a few days and tell me what happens to your mood and motivation when it comes to training and staying in shape:











Then extrapolate and imagine most of the genre was talking about these topics instead of killing, shooting, getting high and thirsting for funds and it will become self evident.

I actually bump every once in a while. Good effort by Stic

 

[FeverPitch2]

Music is influential in general...

Music to party to...
Music to make love to...
Music to exercise to...
Music to rob to...
Music to kill to...

Lie to yourself if you want to...
But we're 100 hundred years deep since the advent of mass media, and if the previous generations are any indication...
Music is THE most influential cultural aspect on youth development and of shaping world view...

I'll dig up pictures of you old nikkas in a g unit tank top bra to prove my point...

 

[Tair]

Crime as a whole went down yet young black males still make up a disproportionate amount of homicides.

It starts at home. Poverty isnt an excuse to be violent. Theres far more poor who dont do crime than do. It's not just music either, it's a culture, and no policy is going to fix a broken culture.

Black crime rates have been falling and are lower than 1980

There is no "culture of crime" either. A subset or small percentage of people commiting crimes is not tantamount to there being a pervasive culture of crime in the Black community.

 

[TEH]

I voted yes but people were committing crimes to an Issac Hayes or James Brown soundtrack

 

[Tair]

I voted yes but people were committing crimes to an Issac Hayes or James Brown soundtrack

The question is loaded and riculous to even warrant a vote.

 

[RareHunter]

Yes and no at the end of the day people will listen to what they want. All music, rap rock pop will influence you, that’s what’s it meant to do.

They way you talk you act like all black men are in and out of jail and in constant fear of killing or being killed.

The people I know and hang with know rap is pure entertainment. Does it influence people yes but those people would be influenced by anything that comes along.

I worked around this stuff personally. Our ppl are being targeted. You’re justifying a wicked evil music. You ever heard “there’s something for everybody?” maybe it doesn’t affect you murder, but do you smoke weed? Do you drink alcohol? Do you always need name brands? Are you a sneaker head? Are you or have you been promiscuous? Excessive profanity? Angry? Short tempered? These musics/entertainment influence people and cultivate evil in some ppl and enhance the evil in others.

 

[Kendom]

Black crime rates have been falling and are lower than 1980

There is no "culture of crime" either. A subset or small percentage of people commiting crimes is not tantamount to there being a pervasive culture of crime in the Black community.

Let's see how they juelz around this one

 

[old pig]

Let's see how they juelz around this one

they already have…the discussion has shifted to rap can make you feel like you’re having a really bad day

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

The main issue is lack of accountability. You're not a criminal because you listen to some drill rap, you're a criminal because you're a piece of shyt human being.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

Death rate for homicide in the U.S. 1950-2019| Statista

In 2019, there were six deaths by homicide per 100,000 of the population in the United States, compared to 5.9 deaths by homicide in the previous year.

www.statista.com

What music was popular in the 70s and 80s that had the rate higher than it is today?

The fact of the matter is, parents don't want to take accountability for their children's actions. The #1 consumer of rap music today is white suburban kids. They're not killing each other at nearly the same rate that we are. Them white kids LOVE rap music, but they see it as what it is. Entertainment. And the same case for black kids that grow up in the same type of environment as those white suburban kids. This is a parental problem that's exacerbated by poverty and a lack of accountability by parents and children alike. This subject has been beaten into the ground, but to anyone here. These are the current countries with the highest murder rates:

1. El Salvador (61.7)
2. Honduras (41.0)
3. Venezuela (49.9)
4. United States Virgin Islands (49.3 [2012 data])
5. Jamaica (56.4)
6. Lesotho (43.6 [[2016 data]] per 100k people)
7. Belize (37.8)
8. Saint Vincent And The Grenadines (36.5 [2016 data])
9. Saint Kitts And Nevis (36.1 [2012 data])
10. South Africa (35.7)

Murder Rate by Country 2025

Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.

worldpopulationreview.com

Besides the US what is the common denominator? Those countries are poor or have high levels of economic inequality. Even within the US the same applies to those who are doing the murders at a disproportionate scale.

Nobody is saying that music is the sole reason for crime

However, there's no denying that it could be a contributing factor. Everything that you consume on a regular basis is bound to impact the way you view the world and your place in it.

 

[Higher Tech]

It's not the only factor, but if you're on the verge of doing some wild shyt, you ain't turning on Beethoven.