Hip-hop, the scapegoat for violence, mistreatment of women and a host of other negative events, is once again coming under attack. This time, the blame is from law enforcement officials in Colorado Springs. Police there believe hip-hop music is the cause for the rise in murders in that area (Click here for the article).
Personally, I think this is BS and I am sick of hearing about people blaming hip-hop for the world's problems. A couple of people get shot outside of a club or after an altercation at a club, and one points the finger at the music they were listening to. You mean to tell me the fact that the guy was (or could have been) intoxicated, high, had a short temper, mad because every girl he tried to talk to basically played him off, has a criminal record, and/or is CRAZY has nothing to do with him killing someone? And how can you blame hip-hop for increased violence when it played no role in any of the violent killing sprees that happened at schools or in other certain areas?
This is BS!! How is an individual no longer held accountable for their actions but instead an entire culture is to blame? You want to put the blame on something how bout the news. All you hear/see on that is 10 mins of violence or other criminal acts, 6 mins of weather, 6 mins of sports, 2 mins of good news, and then commercials. Or how bout movies, you never hear anything about how violent movies are. But I guess I can see how law enforcement is looking at this situation...why blame one black person when you can blame thousands?
But that's enough about my opinion what do y'all think?
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I'm not a huge hip hop fan but I agree it shouldn't be blamed. There are a lot of other factors that play into violence, and to pinpoit one genre of music or culture is just....ludacris ;-) And why is it that the finger is repeatedly pointed at hip hop when there are other genres out there that contain just as much if not more violence? Let's look at heavy metal. That stuff is insanely violent. I think I would be more ready to kill someone or fight after listening to that than after listening to some rap. It's full of harsh guitar chords and people just screaming for no reason. Some of the songs deal directly with hurting others. Forget heavy metal, they should've just named that genre rage.
I'm not one to play the race card frequently but I look at it like this...hip hop is dominated by blacks. Heavy metal is dominated by whites. Both genres have some violent content. Yet, who takes the blame? Hip hop. How many news stories have you seen talking about heavy metal as an influence on violent behavior? Why is it that the cops are more likely to show up to black parties than to white ones, even though the white parties are notorious for having tons of free alcohol? It's a twisted and racist world we're living in today. Let's be real...blaming hip-hop is just a more subtle way of saying black people are violent.
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