For years Rap music has been the apex of both coolness and criminal activity in modern society. Although it began in the humble slums as a unified symbol of the black will to be more educated and stand by one another, ala KRS-One; CL Smooth, EPMD etc. Rap quickly devolved into what was more prevalent in the poor neighborhoods of America: crime. No one chooses to live in a ghetto unless they've already been convinced that it's their home. Certainly no one with money would live in a ghetto unless they were getting it illegally or they loved the place. Rap started with love and has been leaning more and more towards the illegal ever since the early nineties, "Fuck the police!" anyone?
What I find more interesting is that they just seemed to jump straight to murdering felons from near saints. Finally, modern rap is taking a turn towards the moderate: the party animal. Rappers chose to talk about respecting their women and then jumped straight to rape and buying women's attention while still severely disrespecting them. Now, rappers are talking about getting girls drunk, smoking weed, driving nice cars, and now finally with Kid Cudi, there is a song that talks about drinking and driving, the crime most white people do.
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