Poll: Is Hip-Hop Responsible for Violence?
Thursday January 4, 2007
What are your thoughts on the oft-talked about relationship between hip-hop and violence? Is hip-hop responsible for violence?
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1) No, hip-hop is not responsible for violence
2) Hip-hop contributes to violence a bit
3) Hip-hop and violence go hand in hand
4) Parents are responsible for hip-hop related violence
5) Hip-hop is just another word for violence
6) I don't know
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Comments
look im a huge fan of hip hop. But i must admit, hip hop does encourage violence a bit. Just a little bit. Like TV can be partially blamed for degrading society’s values, hip hop similarly indirectly influences violence to occur unfortunately.
only the morons who listen to 50cent etc make violence they other just listen! and enjoy the music
People are responsible for violence, not hip hop. There’s plenty of people who don’t listen to hip hop that are violent. Violence was around long before hip hop. I’m pretty sure the Romans and Spartans weren’t getting down to hip hop when they were killing each other.
“I’m pretty sure the Romans and Spartans weren’t getting down to hip hop when they were killing each other.”
Are you saying they weren’t bumping Pac’s “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” back then?
hip hop is not responsible at all. PPl that say that are just trying to take blame away from real problems. Real problems are the idiots that do listen to what some wack rappers say on the mic. The s—wack rappers rap about was going on before them.
Hip-Hop does have an inderect approach to violence. But what people fail to realize that its only motivation to do what we as African Americans are forced to do, and thats get money till we die. And sadly enough that often has to lead to violence…to protect or money.
Hip-Hop does have an inderect approach to violence. But what people fail to realize that its only motivation to do what we as African Americans are forced to do, and thats get money till we die. And sadly enough that often has to lead to violence…to protect our money.
Yeah Henry,
I don’t know what the hell they were listening to back then. They had some messed up clothes too.
Some rappers encourage it, if you tell tales of killing people with no consequences then yeah it sends the wrong message. They are catering to some people who are around guns all the time and telling them to shoot, so I think it influences it somewhat. I think most rap fans are too biased to realize what some rap can do to people, but most violent people are already screwed up a little anyway.
Yea hip hop encourages violence in the lyrics but anyone dumb enough to go shot somebody cuz fifty said it is cool is pretty stupid.Entertainment is entertainment,nothing more. Its not a lifestyle, it’s a fake culture.
Sorry to say it but a lot of rap/hiphop is violent, period. I blame the artists (if you can call them that) for the violence in the lyrics. They glamorize it, Get the kids to think slingin dope, toting guns and treating women like s**t is cool. Yeah thats how to do it. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and saw the change first hand. Rap and Hiphop are both responsible for the violence we see in the “ghetto’s” every day. It delivered an attitude that will never go away. Thats a shame.
HIP HOP NOT DEAD AND IT DONT CAUSE VIOLENCE.
was there violence before hip hop? yes, so there you have it! the answer is no, hip hop is not responsible for violence…1
Hip-hop in itself does not cause violence. The mass broadcast and acceptance of any form that barrages the public with violence however does. I am pretty sure of it, whether it’s music, TV, movies, internet, video games. Just like what you feed your mouth. You are what you eat and you are what you learn. If you maintain on a steady diet of junk food, your health suffers. If you listen and watch a steady diet of violent content (including misogyenistic content) it definatly affects you. You check out of reality.
Large record companies are to blame. It is they who bought up all of the independant hip-hop labels and realized that white kids from the burbs by 80% of the music and are facinated with the fantasy “ghetto world” portrayed in early gansta rap (NWA Straight Outta Compton etc) Understanding that this is a market, 20 years later they continue to only put out what the market demands. The sickest thing is the record companies pump this sludge out into the impressionable minds of our youth (Man I an starting to sound like my parents) I put it on the same level as marketing cigarettes to kids.
Result: 1) Crappy Hip-hop as even the best artist is forced to rap about smackin a bitch and his gat. (At least if they hope to be commercially successful (Listen to Jurassic 5 or Lyrics Born if you want some good hip hop) 2) Black culture as a whole is again reduced to dancing. The gangsta rapper is the 2000’s version of Sambo and robs black culture, and hurts the race. (PS I am white) 3) It propagates an American culture of violence which is based on corporate greed, and not reality. I do believe that Nas is correct, Hip-Hop just died this morning. Hip Hop today is a million light years away from “keepin it real” There is nothing real here.
Snoop Dogg is such a “real” gangsta, the poor guy almost sh*t himself on the footage when he was in court for murder. The only reality here is the 3 record companies that control the content that gets distributed, create this fantastical world and I’d bet dollars to donuts the Marketing Execs at Sony and Columbia aren’t from the ghetto.
noo0000 onlyif u dum ni gga.. …an thnk violence k00000000000L…
To blame Hip Hop for causing violence you have to first prouve that these violent people listen to Hip Hop and Only Hip Hop. I’m sure no one got blamed for being violent after listening to Jonny Cash or any other Violent, Outlaw COUNTRY.
cmp doesnt even make sense. he cant even speak right. wtf.
People that listen to so called ‘gangsta rap’ are definately more vioplent than those who do not. The macho and violent image portrayed by artists like 50 cent do contribute to their violent attitudes.I own a retail store that sells streetwear and the difference in attitudes by those that listen to ‘gansta rap’ is evident.I have even done in store surveys to prove the case.Hip hop on a whole is fantastic music and the corparate music industries are to blame for not highlighting the positive Hip Hop artists that are out there. The three main record labels are dominating the scene with the negative crap that these guys are producing lyric-wise.A lot of black kids in the city where i live in the UK look up to these artists as role models and yes i know that they would argue that they do not want to be looked upon as such but they must recognise that as celebraties they have a role to play. Come on guys, you’ve got the talent, put it to positive use and uplift your people rather than brainwash them with negativity.