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well-written article and it has some great accurate points. There are so many relevant examples too, Birdman is probably the number #1 offender 
Y'all who are in here cosigning this post better not pop up in another thread saying that Kendrick, J Cole, etc are corny artists
However I think the role of hip hop in creating poor people and crime is smaller than you guys think. It definitely negatively affects people. But I would not blame it that much for things like the joblessness, crime, and economic weakness in so many black areas.
Example: the black crime rate has been disproportionately high for decades. In 1976 black homicides were already 50% of all homicides, even though black Americans were only 12% of the population.

Y'all who are in here cosigning this post better not pop up in another thread saying that Kendrick, J Cole, etc are corny artists

However I think the role of hip hop in creating poor people and crime is smaller than you guys think. It definitely negatively affects people. But I would not blame it that much for things like the joblessness, crime, and economic weakness in so many black areas.
Example: the black crime rate has been disproportionately high for decades. In 1976 black homicides were already 50% of all homicides, even though black Americans were only 12% of the population.

If their artist is influencing the youth in a negative way they'll just say that the parents in the community should do a better job raising their children ( which is a valid point
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Yall Nikkas need to chill black man going to prison is not new shyt was the same in the 70s. Rap is the only music for real nikkas to listen to last thing we need is corny lyrical rappers to multiply 