21 Jun 21
@rajk999 saidYou're not saying anything based in fact. You're just recycling stereotypes from the 90's.
Of course they do. They have no fathers in the home. The mothers not sure who the father is. He could be any one of a dozen men. they grow up watching these idiot rap singers in videos that glorify sex, drugs, rape vulgarity, flashy cars. So that is what they aim for.
@vivify saidYou must be living on another planet. Im on this planet, and I do not need to even know about the US. It is happening right here in front of my eyes. Black youths, and most black families here do exactly the same thing, and live exactly the same lifestyle. They listen to the same music, grow up the same way, drop out of school, get some black 15 yr old school girl pregnant, starts to work in low paying job at 16, gets a different 16 yr old black girl pregnant the following year, still lives in the mothers home, mother looks after the babies, he joins a gang because he cannot look after his kids nor the girls, gets into drugs and crime, buys guns, robs people for living. Watches the music videos and wants to be just like them. So you keep on fooling yourself.
You're not saying anything based in fact. You're just recycling stereotypes from the 90's.
@rajk999 saidLike I said, rap nowadays is soft compared to what you heard about in the 90's.
Yeah .. your fault. These are your people and you not encouraging them to have good family values that will make them successful.
Rap is no different from any other form of pop music that also glorifies sex and drugs. Miley Cyrus glorifies sex and drugs while getting naked on a wrecking ball, and no one blames her for ruining society; a rapper does it and it's all her fault kids get into trouble.
21 Jun 21
@vivify saidShe is not representative of white performers, neither is she respected for her music or videos. Most consider her scum of the music world. I know about rap music. now and I know about it in the 90s. I run a business that forces me to listen to all kinds of music so I am aware of what is going on.
Like I said, rap nowadays is soft compared to what you heard about in the 90's.
Rap is no different from any other form of pop music that also glorifies sex and drugs. Miley Cyrus glorifies sex and drugs while getting naked on a wrecking ball, and no one blames for ruining society; a rapper does it and it's all her fault kids get into trouble.
@rajk999 saidSee Britany Spears, Kesha, Madonna, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, Lady Gaga....
She is not representative of white performers
I know about rap music. now and I know about it in the 90s. I run a business that forces me to listen to all kinds of music so I am aware of what is going on.
That's clearly untrue given that you think "gangsta rap" is still that significant in hip-hop.
21 Jun 21
Here ya all go.
The Ballard of Bonnie and Clyde. It romanticizes the activities of a murdering and bank robber pair,
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, public enemy #1, and they earned it.
The link has the ditty and the lyrics. cool city, eh?
https://www.lyrics.com/track/34546982/Georgie+Fame/The+Ballad+of+Bonnie+%26+Clyde
22 Jun 21
"Old Town Road" is a song that holds the record as the rap song that spent the longest time as the number song in the country. At one time, it held the record for longest running number one song period, regardless of genre.
Know what that song's about? Being a cowboy. Not a shoot-em-up cowboy, just a guy who wants to ride his horse. No offensive lyrics whatsoever.
22 Jun 21
@vivify saidIs that the rule or the exception. Why do you persist in arguing this point?
"Old Town Road" is a song that holds the record as the rap song that spent the longest time as the number song in the country. At one time, it held the record for longest running number one song period, regardless of genre.
Know what that song's about? Being a cowboy. Not a shoot-em-up cowboy, just a guy who wants to ride his horse. No offensive lyrics whatsoever.
22 Jun 21
@vivify saidOld Town Road is not a rap tune by any stretch of the imagination.
"Old Town Road" is a song that holds the record as the rap song that spent the longest time as the number song in the country. At one time, it held the record for longest running number one song period, regardless of genre.
Know what that song's about? Being a cowboy. Not a shoot-em-up cowboy, just a guy who wants to ride his horse. No offensive lyrics whatsoever.
22 Jun 21
@rajk999 saidSee the OP. Rap has drastically changed since the 90s, when you elderly folks heard about "gangsta" rap.
Is that the rule or the exception. Why do you persist in arguing this point?
Despite this, you guys keep blaming rap music for the social problems blacks face. Instead of holding the police accountable for killing unarmed, non-violent blacks you blame rap music. Instead of acknowledging decades (really, centuries) of systemic racism, you just blame rap music.
22 Jun 21
@vivify saidHow many "unarmed non-violent blacks" were killed by police last year?
See the OP. Rap has drastically changed since the 90s, when you elderly folks heard about "gangsta" rap.
Despite this, you guys keep blaming rap music for the social problems blacks face. Instead of holding the police accountable for killing unarmed, non-violent blacks you blame rap music. Instead of acknowledging decades (really, centuries) of systemic racism, you just blame rap music.
Two?Three?
And in each case the officers faced charges and were convicted.