Hip-Hop

[Darth Terent]

But youth are especially influenced by celebrities. So what happens when these celebrities are into things such as drugs, crime, violence?

[Mike]

Then you have to step up and ask the parents and teachers to do their job.

[Darth Terent]

Originally Posted by Mike

Then you have to step up and ask the parents and teachers to do their job.

That doesn't change the fact that rappers WANT to affect the youth. In fact, I think some of them specifically want to spread that lifestyle.

[Mike]

It's because you're naive and narrow minded.

[Darth Terent]

Originally Posted by Mike

It's because you're naive and narrow minded.

So, because I'm naive and narrow minded (which I'm not), rappers want to spread that lifestyle?

[cmd]

Originally Posted by Darth Terent

But youth are especially influenced by celebrities. So what happens when these celebrities are into things such as drugs, crime, violence?

Then where's your campaign against Lindsay Lohan or Kate Moss? Drugs and celebrities go hand in hand, it's far from being a hip-hop thing. You have a problem with modern society, not hip-hop.

[Darth Terent]

Originally Posted by cmd

Then where's your campaign against Lindsay Lohan or Kate Moss? Drugs and celebrities go hand in hand, it's far from being a hip-hop thing. You have a problem with modern society, not hip-hop.

And celebrities are influential.

So how do you want them to use their influence? What I am saying is that alot of rappers aren't using it for good, they're using it for the spread of their mentality and for personal gain.

[cmd]

What I'm saying is that you're making rappers the scapegoat. Go after all celebrities, not just rappers.

[Mike]

But, rappers are black so, they must be bad.

[Darth Terent]

The difference between rappers and other celebrities, imo, is the degree to which they spew their nonsense. Rappers do so as an entire lifestyle, not just when they perform.