
. You just refuted your own damn self. As long as there is poverty, as long as there are people living in lesser conditions, and as long as being a 'gangster' is a way to put clothes on your back, food in your mouth, and a roof over your head thats what people will do. Everyone in this country doesn't have access to the same things and everyone in this country isn't on equal footing. Some places in the US look like a damn third world country.
That is why there is gangster music coming out of Chicago right now. It's the basis of hip hop. Hip hop has always been the music of the streets and the rappers are always speaking on their environment and their surroundings. If thats what they know, thats what they gon rap about.