Is gangsta rap leading to increased crime in the US?

[OnTheWarpath15]

This is the title of a project I've been assigned for my Criminology class.

Part of the project allows me to gather opinion from people I know.

What better place to do this than on the Planet?

What say you? Does rap contribute to the rising number of violent crime in the US? Any bearing at all?

Does rap breed deviance?


All opinions welcome. TIA.

[Ultra Peanut]

Hide! There are black people running around the neighborhood.

[CHENZ A!]

The same people that let gangsta rap push them towards violence are the same ones that let violent movies do it, and those are complete idiots. Gangsta rappers tell stories. 99% of the stuff you hear in a rap song is fiction. Plain and simple, it is entertainment, and I love the shit.

[Sure-Oz]

No, those people have no brains and use it as a dumbass excuse to create violence. I've played violent games, watched violent movies and listened to gangsta rap and i dont wann cap an ass yo

[Brock]

No, not at all.

[CoMoChief]

Not really, but I do think in someway it sends the wrong message to younger people saying that it's cool and okay to live that lifestyle because it got them fame and where they are.

Dont get me wrong, music has been sung about sex and drugs for a long time and it all comes down to proper parenting and having a solid upbringing.

[Son of Logical]

I would say no. I don't think there is any direct corrialtion between the two. In the early 90's there might have been an argument, but rap has jumped to a whole new level, while crime may have increased it has not increased at the same rate as rap has shot up in popularity.

[JimNasium]

Hey yo, I smoke dust and shoot cops, sold guns to Tupac
Smoked blunts with Biggie Smalls and sold drugs on newlots
I was too young, couldnt get up in clubs back in the old days
We used rob and terrorize kids in front of homebase
If Funkmaster Flex was inside, rockin the whole place
We was outside, smacking kids and snatchin gold chains
Baggin mad pigeons, catchin mad digits, bad bitches
And when they husbands came around we had to blast bisquits
A bunch of bad Brooklyn kids that always had pistols
Broken dreams and broken homes, we always had issues
And mad problems worshippin gangstas and bankrobbers
Watchin star fade startin fights and rap conscience (?)
Until we realized how to get the real money
Steal money, kidnap money, kill money
Its funny how the money make the whole world love you
Jealous cats hate you, dime pigeons
Little ghetto children run up on you, wanna touch you
Got the IRS lookin at you, wanna **** you
Sniffin so much blow, you dont know if you can trust you
Ecstasy react to what the cocaine and the dust do
Go against the Ill Bill, and Non Phixion will crush you, bust you
Leave you with a tube and ya throat to suck through (?)
We truck jewels, we dust brothers **** mothers
You thugs love us, ? the gunslingers and drughustlers
Where my gangstas at?

[milkman]

A larger group of lazy and stupid people lead to increased crime.

[HolmeZz]

Legitimate gangsta rap hasn't existed for about 10-15 years.

Our socioeconomic structure(on the high end and the low end) has much more to do with human behavior. Rap doesn't encourage a particular behavior, it's just an outlet for it.

[the Talking Can]

talk about specious....

[morphius]

I think, as with most things in a teenagers life, that it comes down to the friends you have and the people you associate with. While I don't believe the music helps the situation, and may increase it a bit, I don't think it is a significant amount.

I mean really, how many of us children of the late 80's and 90's became Satan worshipers because of Ozzy, Motley Crue and the like?

[StcChief]

It doesn't help to deter crime. So it's part of the problem notpart of the solution.

If the rappers did good things like help their neighborhoods with $$$ they made off sales

instead of worrying about rollin in Escalades on 20s with ho's. the example is bad.

[88TG88]

maybe in the midwest or the white suburbs but not in poor inner city neighborhoods.

[the Talking Can]

Originally Posted by HolmeZz

Legitimate gangsta rap hasn't existed for about 10-15 years.

The socioeconomic structure(on the high end and the low end) has much more to do with human behavior. Rap doesn't encourage a particular behavior, it just is an outlet for it.

or what he said...culture is always an excuse for not talking about material conditions...