Whose Job Is It Anyway??
Every time I ever stole my father's car while drunk, talking
on my cell-phone with no headset (which is illegal in California), running
red-lights while two wheels were on the side-walk so only half of the license
plate would get caught by the Red Light Camera, I always had rap playing.
Sike. His stereo
didn't work, but somehow, the media slapped this spotlight on Hip Hop like
drug-use, alcohol abuse, hand to hand crack-cocaine exchanges, guns in schools,
guns in neighborhoods, and women being treated like property is all a result of
our lifestyle. And music.
Let me just add, that when I'm up watching the Olympics or
BET: Uncut, there are ads for these white women flashing their little breasts
with other white men. This video is
called Girls Gone Wild, and even though I've heard it mentioned a few times ...
it's no where near as much as Hip Hop.
And all we do in our videos is get girls to wear bikinis and eat
strawberries.
Either way, all the lollygagging and finger pointing is
pulling attention from real issues like ... war ... and death ... and drug
trafficking that's getting these substances in America, and perhaps even the
fact that, maybe, somehow, WE MIGHT HAVE THE FIRST KNEEGROW PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY OF OUR NATION.
So I've been listening to music my whole life, as has almost
every other homosapien on this planet, and I think it's safe to say that a lot
of music is codified--as in we have a coded language that you have to be the
least bit involved in to get a better understanding of.
And because of this, no one knows what they're talking about
when they're blaming Rap for everything, because really, as much as it's been
regurgitated and manipulated, the fact that Rap is reporting these atrocities
is true. So we can't hold these
musicians accountable for that.
As far as getting arrested 6 times in 2 months, or running
around with pounds of marijuana and unregistered guns, I say no comment.
This is America. We have due process. So technically, they're innocent until a jury
or a judge says so. Meaning they're not
really bad influences, they're alleged bad influences.
But when did it become a rapper's job to raise your child?
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COMMENTS
I don't do black music, I don't do white music
I make fight music, for high school kids
I put lives at risk when I drive like this
I put wives at risk with a knife like this
Shit, you probably think I'm in your tape deck now
I'm in the back seat of your truck, with duct tape stretched out
Ducked the fuck way down, waitin to straight jump out
put it over your mouth, and grab you by the face, what now?
Oh - you want me to watch my mouth, how?
Take my fuckin eyeballs out, and turn em around?
Look - I'll burn your fuckin house down, circle around
and hit the hydrant, so you can't put your burning furniture out
I'm sorry, there must be a mix-up
You want me to fix up lyrics while the President gets his dick sucked?
Fuck that, take drugs, rape sluts
Make fun of gay clubs, men who wear make-up
Get aware, wake up, get a sense of humor
Quit tryin to censor music, this is for your kid's amusement
But don't blame me when lil' Eric jumps off of the terrace
You shoulda been watchin him - apparently you ain't parents
Eminem
BIG BROTHER 4 YOU!
FUCK THE GOVERMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
PREACH Lol
cause they want sumbody to blame this shit on
teach ur kids rite from wrong
let them kno the difference between music and real life, or tv/video games and real life
i mean if u play grand theft auto and that causes u to shoot sumbody then u already had sumthin wrong with u in the 1st place
yo hempsteadNY...thats the perfect song lol
eminem-who knew
for those who dont know
this is what i dont get. there are movies out there that glorify murder, torture, guns, and drugs and people will NOT complain about that. but when it comes to rap, people starting blaming it.
first off to all you fucking retarded parents out there, rap is entertainment. i guarantee you music will not make your kid shoot everyone in sight or any other bullshit. you know what makes kids do bad things? PARENTS. Luda wont make little Susie buy weed, 50 wont make Tommy buy a AK 47, and Busta wont make Bob kill that bully at school. its you (parents) that cause this. because in reality, parents are the biggest influences in a kids life.
now next time on the news i dont wanna hear "16 yr old Gary died by hanging himself. the last thing he was doing was listening to a Eminem album." no you ignorant fuck this is how it really went down, "16 yr old Gary died by hanging himself. he suffered a abusive relationship by his parents and got bullied at school constantly."
music will NOT make someone do something
That's a really good article!
And as much as I agree with you... at the same time i have 2 DISAGREE With u as well!
I mean... when we came up it was different...we started listening to it all from the beginning for the most part (70's and 80's babies!).
We're older, and again or the most part our levels of common sense were alot higher than the kids now.
We had fun music, and dance music as well... but everything wasn't soo DAMN DUMBED DOWN!!!!
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Aiight I'm getting off topic...
The Major Difference between THEN (when we came up with our violent music) and NOW (with these dumb ass kids and the music)... is the lack of PARENTING!
Most females now a days are pregnant and become mothers at 16!!!!!! ( and I know... I work for welfare in Camden, NJ of all places).
To make matters even worse..."Big Mommas" are like 32-35 now a days....and were young ass mothers themselves!
So we have a cycle of kids trying to raise kids!
There's no REAL elder in the household teaching right from wrong or keepin' these fuckin' kids in check!
Even mooooooore so... The kids are being raised by TV, Radio and the fuckin' Internet and NEVER see the consequeneces of their IDOLS' negative actions... Which in return is why they go out and try to relive everything they've seen their favorite rapper do or worse say.
When a kid sees a rapper with jewelry, Bentleys and Bitches on Tv... they don't know that ALL of that shit is just a mere RENTED FACADE!
All they know is that they're "idol" rapped about how he got it, and that he has it...PERIOD.
So they naturally go out and do the shit that their "idol" says they've done...thinking it's gonna bring them the same rewards....BULLSHIT!
That's where the parents are supposed to come in at... But when ya mom is 12-15 years younger than you... 9 times outta 10...she's doing the same dumb shit that you're doing...prolly with you!!!
It's just a fucked up cycle that's not going to end unti these fuckin' RAPPERS start explaining the consequences to these mislead kids... especially since their parents wont!
Just venting....
~Be Eazy!
^^^yo man i completely agree with u...BUT
when a rapper does make a song about how life really is and how to make it better it NEVER hits the radio
the shit that hits the radio is 'shake ya ass' and 'bitches and hoes' (they censor it but kids arent stupid, they know what it is)
Something that really makes me mad is when they talk about rappers cussin all the time and there kids here it. How do they hear it? They censor profanity on the radio, in videos, and they have clean cd's. If u didnt let ya kids download or buy songs with profanity you wouldnt hear it
They dont talk about hearing profanity on regular cable now tho. Some channels dont even bleep out bitch no more.
^^^o yea and like their parents arent cussin at home on top of that..
hemp, that was a perfect comment... i know that he isnt rap, but people blamed marilyn manson for what happened at columbine.. COME ON!!! he is a fucking musician.. he cant make people do shit.. he was just an easy target.. just like the rest of the music industry... people need to start looking at the parents of these kids, and the government and the public school system if they want to point fingers.. its fucking rediculous!! i hate that shit!! listen.. like eminem said.. "music can alter moves and talk to you.. But can it load a gun for you and cock it too?".. you cant blame music for the dumb shit that peopel do, you have to look elsewhere..
sorry for any grammer mistakes.. im fucked up right now
"But when did it become a rapper's job to raise your child?"
I've been asking that damn question for years and no good response comes back to it. It's the parents fault on why kids act like this because PARENTS AIN'T WATCHING THEIR KIDS!!!
Also, if you don't want your kids listening to music with profanity or violent movies on TV buy the kid a clean version of the album and use parental control on your TV and block all the R rated movies so the kids can't watch them.
Also, another Funny thing is there's tons of music gernes out there and the parents always select hip hop or rock, smh... don't blame any music gerne or movies parents, BLAME YOUR FUCKING SELF!!!
Now to end this, I'm a Mixtape DJ and a Parent, I know my rules as a parent and I will always follow the rules as a parent. Any perent out there should do the same thing I'm doing.
we need more articles like this, because i never seen soo many people on this site speaking real talk shit, i guess this article struck a nerve for the best....
I had to come back and add this...
If you are a parent and you ain't taking any part of responsibility for your kids actions then put the damn kid up for adoption then because you DON'T deserve a child...
Wiz, I think you are definitely wrong. Why?
If I made a movie, and in the movie I shoot like 50 people, and I curse throughout the movie, it gets a R rating, so it's for people 17 and older.
Now if I made a cd, and in the cd all I talk about is shooting people and I curse throughout the cd, it will get the Parental Advisory.
But for some reason I will get a shit load of flack for the CD because it's "aimed" for children. Since when was it that when you make a fucking song, it was aimed for children, no matter the subject of the song? And that is what's bullshit about it.
Don't give me that "You can just download a CD" shit niggas be bootlegging them movies and having them up all over the internet. Tell me you don't know about "watch-movies.net"
GAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Efffffffffffffff.
Get a white girl. That shiz. Priceless.
Cuzz. Who you kidding. I'm from Houston, not everybody comes with a positive message, mattafact the message is usually to never fall off your hustle. Just cuz Bun B does that shit doesn't mean all of H-Town or all of Texas does.
nope, houston has rappers that talk about violence, listen to scarface...
why isnt this dude (houston) banned all he says is ignorant ass shit...always?
No one wants rappers to raise children..Just realize that you have an impact..To say you do not is irresponsible and mis-informing. I guess companies spending 1.5 million dollars during the superbowl, for 30 seconds of advertising is done merely for "fun"...Nope it has an impact..To what extent, is not documented. But it's there..
No one wants rappers to raise children..Just realize that you have an impact..To say you do not is irresponsible and mis-informing. I guess companies spending 1.5 million dollars during the superbowl, for 30 seconds of advertising is done merely for "fun"...Nope it has an impact..To what extent, is not documented. But it's there..
good shit
well its alot ez-r to blame something else then take responsability i mean shit we have all done it, it takes alot to take the fall for your own actions so they put it on music,friends,tv,basiclly almost anything. nice article
dead at get a white girl lmao. Dont do weed tho? you trippin
fuck Weed. dont do drugs and stay clean
Da Truest SHit Ive Read All Year!
BIG BROTHER 4 YOU!
FUCK THE GOVERMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!
real talk david banner been sayin this shit on his lil interviews wit MTV and shit for a long ass minute. I completely agree with this article, ppl need to be watchin their kids themselves. theres a solution
As for Hip-Hop getting scrutiny..Well that's blatant racism..Hip-Hop doesn't even sell in the same ball-park as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and The Eagles...Lol Celine Dion sold 200million records!!!!!!!!!!!! Whitney Houston sold 45 million off of one album!!!!!
Jay-z has sold 53million in 10 albums...it ain't shit compared to the 3 artists mentioned above..
It's not the content..It's WHO's making the music. Black and Brown people and we all know white folks don't like people of color making more money than them, having a nicer car or living in a better neighborhood..That's that "white man's burden" syndrome...The cameras are focused on hip-hop because it's a majority black and brown enterprise.
Take a look at the NBA dress code and the minimum age requirement being bumped up to 20..It has little to do with "the well-being of the NBA player"..It has everything to do with white liberals thinking the only way a black man can get ahead is if we coddle him like a child. Take his manhood and his ability to "choose" for himself..
No one cared when Alex Rodriguez went to the Mariners at age 17!!!!!thats because the MLB is a "lighter" sport..Simple as that.
"Take a look at the NBA dress code and the minimum age requirement being bumped up to 20..It has little to do with "the well-being of the NBA player"..It has everything to do with white liberals thinking the only way a black man can get ahead is if we coddle him like a child. Take his manhood and his ability to "choose" for himself.."
NOT TRUE. The reason dress codes are in place is to keep honor in the game and keep it professional. It is a professional sport and the players should act like professionals regardless of race or color. The players are representing the NBA and its affiliates and if they can't suck it up like most other Americans do by wearing the proper work attire, then they DO NOT deserve to make millions of dollars. Regardless of whether it is a sport or not, it is still a job. When you are at a job, you dress as your boss tell you and thats the bottom line. Color has nothing to do with it, you're just ignorant.
my nigga u hit the nail on the head!!!!!!!!!!! CO-SIGN
fuck you
your not even worth commenting...
LEARN HOW TO SPELL BITCH
douche bag
you're such an ignorant fuck
pure ignorance i shouldnt have even spent my time commenting on yo ass
fuck it people blame others cuz it's easier to point the finger then take the fuckin blame
Vote Obama Bitch
and thats whats fucked up in society. nobody feels accountable for their own actions and thats why shit is really fucked up. They just do shit and figure its somebody elses problem.
Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
ITZ DA TRUTH
Y BLAME HIP HOP???
WAT ABOUT POSITIVE CATS IN HIP HOP??????
ITS DA WORLD A A WHOLE NOT JUST HIP HOP
If people say its bad fuck em most likely they don't no shit about the hood and if they do fuck em. I just wonna hear real shit not no Crank dat gay ass Soul ja boy u see where I'm comin from what I'm tryin tryin to say.
hip-hop doesn't tell your kid, go buy a rifle and shoot the school's up, or kill your parents and burn down the house. And [not to sound racist] but, white kids 95% of the time play grand theft auto and they go on shooting rampages and makes bombs and shit in their basements,and on top of that, if anything, parents need to step up to the plate and spend time with their kids and talk with them on a daily bases because if you are a fucked up parent and always kickin your kid to the curb, they are goin to do crazy shit like that because they have no support or morals in life and that's how schools and malls gets blazed with guns and bombs and it's fucked up
tha trillest shit ive ever heard. i want 2 find some CNN bitches to say something about this....
if a kid shoots up a school then he was fucked up in the head already. most school shootings involve years of bullying its the fuckin stuck up little spoiled bitches who drive kids to shootin up schools. them niggas that shot up columbine, they didnt need hip hop or videogames for inspiration, i guarantee if GTA or rap wasnt even invented they wouldve still shot that shit up.
to the guy that said all that racist shit with the sports and white mans burden. fuck you that shit is stupid. im white idc bout black people living better then me, more power to you. you act like white people in general always tryin to bring black people down. you bring yourself down like mikey08 was sayin, black people are the highest race in jails, the highest % of aids in a single race to. what really brings you down is when you start blamin white people for slavery(im talkin general black race of people not specific person) but they blame white people for slavery where the fuck do you think they got the slaves. BLACK PEOPLE SOLD THEIR OWN PEOPLE its your own fault theres slavery. slavery was fucked up and immoral but your own greed caused it.
to marquis--a. rod started when he was 17 because he is the greatest player since mickey mantle idk if you heard of him you might have. did you forget kobe bryant, lebron, and tracy mcgrady started right after high school. and they made the age limit 20 not so they "cant control their own fate" because theres a lot of niggas tryin to get in the NBA. baseball has the deepest farm/minor league system in any sport so its easier for a 17 year old to get in.
so all that racist shit is irrelavent just because white people blame hip hop for violence. im a die hard rap fan, hip hop is my life so as a listener i know its all about guns, drugs, sex, violence thats why they go after it. it is what it is but the racist shit wont help onl add fuel to a already heated debate.
"you act like white people in general always tryin to bring black people down."
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That's the whole point..You don't have to try very hard. this country from the education system to lending companies is historically unfair and practices discrimination, set up, run and made a way of life by guess who? White People! It's not your fault that it's this way and it will take a solid 400 years starting from 1965 to eradicate that foundation, but as a white person today, you definitely reap the benefit of being white..
Chris Rock said it best "there is a white boy in the mail-room of this building in a wheelchair who wouldn't trade places with me"...
And like I said they raised the minimum age requirement in the NBA to steer more black athletes towards education which isn't a bad idea, but i don't see that coddling, holding the hand of an adult in other sports...See that's more racist than saying I can't do something..Thinking I only can succeed with your help..
motherfucker thats a joke chris rock is fuckin halarious of course some broke down wheelchair dude would wana be a fuckin rich black dude loved by everyone with workin legs
theres plenty of black people and a lot of immigrants who play baseball and they dont raise that age. if you good enough then u will play.
and i still disagree with your racist rant but at least you bring good points to tht able unlike all the stupid ass niggas that be postin up on here.
marquis' comments are probably the most unbiased, coherent, educated comments on this thread. cheers to him. check out an article on a similar subject.
http://www.caughtmagazine.com/view_details.php?id=19
this dude is really speaking sense i hope bill o reilly is reading this
I say FUCK THE GOVERNMENT....they all corrupt lying to america every chance they get to get votes, bribes, prostitutes, affairs,lies, is the life of a politician but at the same time people in the hood needa stop killin eachother over dumb shit...killin innocent kids....and one other thing TUPAC is still the iLLest!
@Matthew Blaze
yes it was "satire"...While a joke it sheds some truth into how this country is made for white people from birth. a white male with a felony is a black man with a college degree..A black male with a college degree is getting disproportion ally a lower wage than his white male counterparts.
That's why i really don't dig when they complain..Yeh your kid is wearin a do-rag..So fucking what? You still got a great neighborhood, good schools and little Timmy will go off to college and shed his hip-hop ways sooner or later..
But our people struggling wearing do-rags to keep our fuckin heads warm. Big difference.
"NOT TRUE. The reason dress codes are in place is to keep honor in the game and keep it professional. It is a professional sport and the players should act like professionals regardless of race or color. The players are representing the NBA and its affiliates and if they can't suck it up like most other Americans do by wearing the proper work attire, then they DO NOT deserve to make millions of dollars. Regardless of whether it is a sport or not, it is still a job. When you are at a job, you dress as your boss tell you and thats the bottom line. Color has nothing to do with it, you're just ignorant."
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Lol we all know why a dress code was put into place..No other sport has an official dress code that has been in the public light, because since most sports are "lighter" we as a society automatically assume the players will follow suit and present themselves and the respective sport in a positive manner..
Well when it comes to the NBA that assumption is not made simply because it is young black males. I don't hear the public outcry for baseball, football and other players leaving early from college to turn professional?? lol but then again I'm just ignorant?
god damn your ignorant...there are some NBA players who have went to the NBA right after high school. and in baseball a player can be suspended by going against the dress code this includes wearing different colored socks. so dont say NBA has a harsh dress code because white people want to control shit for them, its a job you have dress codes at jobs. you dont hear anything about baseball dress codes because the players do what they are suppose to and wear the appropriate uniform.
god damn your ignorant...there are some NBA players who have went to the NBA right after high school. and in baseball a player can be suspended by going against the dress code this includes wearing different colored socks. so dont say NBA has a harsh dress code because white people want to control shit for them, its a job you have dress codes at jobs. you dont hear anything about baseball dress codes because the players do what they are suppose to and wear the appropriate uniform.
Props to the article. Parents are supposed to be the moral foundation for children. It is the responsibility of the parents to teach right from wrong, good from bad, legal from illegal. When children begin to learn and apply the images they are bombarded with daily the blame should be put on the parents. Parents not hip hop are failing children.
I was born to young parents who had nothing better to do than conceive me...if you let them tell it. And they were born to teenagers. But my parents took the duty of raising a child and establishing a strong moral foundation for me. I have been a fan of MUSIC all my life. I have seen images and heard the lyrics that are contradictory to my beliefs but that will not tear my morals apart because my parents role is much larger than anything I can get on the idiot box.
People always talk about this generation of youth being hellions (some are) but I think the real problem is this generation of parents. The parents are worried about the same frivolous things that teenagers worry about... labels, shoes, cars, and drugs.
And as far as the racial stuff that some of you are talking about........
Yes we live in WHITE America. All of these so called "American" values are really eurocentric values that are forced upon everyone by the majority. For dude talking about Blacks being in jail...lets see 13% of a population you have to be kidding me if you really think that most of them are criminals. What you are saying is a fallacy because of a criminal justice that is scared as shit of the Black male whether he is a criminal or a college student. The penalty for crack is higher than the penalty for cocaine...hmmm I wonder why? And if you don't get it then you are naive or just a bigot set in your ways.
We did not create the race issue...Europeans came to Africa and got us. Yeah we had some punk ass kinsmen who sold us out, and wrote us off like a bad check, but this Kush guy up there makes it seem like Africans invited the Europeans over. They showed up and caused hell for the Africans just like they came to America and took the Indians' land.
Get your facts straight before you start talking your pseudointelligence.
***Put your FIST up***
Hip Hop is not the blame 4 this world, period. Did Jay-Z crash the planes in towers? Did Nas send troops to start a war? Did Biggie make that man kill that other man? No...Its people and their own decisions, people do wut they do, am I right? Our youth is corrupted, but from what?....The answer: The world as a whole.....Learn it.
ReDef.
Hip-Hop is the perfect scape goat thats why lol.
Of course they won't blame rock music on stupid ass kids blowing up their schools, cutting themselves, being diagnosed with manic-depression, smoking weed, sniffing coke, shooting coke, etc... Because most of the people complaining, corporate americans(white collar) grew up on the same thing. They just feel like hip-hop is becoming bigger than anything in the history of the usa, so they must attack it.
^^^^Cosign
Yeah...it pisses me off when people blame music, video games & films for the way people fuck up in life.
Although i do believe that media does influence kids to a point, it is up to parents to or gaurdians to raise the retards runnin around trying to get attention. i kno some ppl do things cuz they have to that may not be considered legal, but most of the kids who get caught doin shit are have no reason to do it. So most of the blame should go to tha fam or gaurdian (95% of it), but you cant deny media'a hand in it. I make vids and music and go to school for it, and i've actually done studies and research on this subject. that 5% sometimes is just the push some of the crazies need to act or react. but i did like the article, it's not all hip hop.
I think Bushwick Bill said it best when he stated "hiphop is a mirror on society"also Bill Maher stated that the reason that he likes rap music is because that rappers arent affraid to say the things that other ppl think but do not say.Hiphop is not the cause of the deteriation of society but more like a news report on the deteriation of society.Shit people, America itself was established on the grounds of getting that money.The beginnings of America tells us how the american indian was almost brought to the brink of extinction and how the africans were sold and bought as work mules,and for what reason was all this done for "THE ALLMIGHTY DOLLAR".Obtaining monetary gain till the poing of greed,lust,murder,evny,rape etc. has been instilled in all ouf our family trees since the very dawn on America.So naturally as a culture ,naw fuck that, th