better late than never
Can Newton calls hiphop music poison to the black community
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better late than never
gangsta rap was arguably worse. The death toll of its adherents were far higher than drill music followers today
OperationNumbNutts
Superstar
He's right. 
There is a reason why cac record label owners and of radio stations don't promote Sexy Red's that look like their daughters. Folks need to call shy for what it is.
There is a reason why cac record label owners and of radio stations don't promote Sexy Red's that look like their daughters. Folks need to call shy for what it is.
feelosofer
#ninergang
Cam Newton is a very interesting person.
DJ Paul's Arm
Veteran
He needs to be more specific with the sub genre. Hip Hop, as in Mos Def for example, isn’t poisonous.
I came across this YouTube short clip recently:
I couldn't help but to notice the music......black genocide music....black murder music.
This is a clip of some dudes playing football in their backyard but the music chosen was about killing and using dracos.
The uploader of this clip is obviously a young person who literally knows nothing other than rap about shooting, robbing and killing....I can't even blame the uploader because it's all he knows.... people his age can't even fathom non-offensive "fun" rap music.
The default setting for rap has become all the worse stereotypes of a group of people imaginable.
Rap music is one of the worst things to ever happen to black people as a collective.....it has absolutely DESTROYED our image/reputation on a global scale.
Dudes in here already talking about "there's bigger fish to fry"..... .no there isn't.
No other group of men would come in a thread like this and say that there's bigger fish to fry than protecting their own image/reputation.
I couldn't help but to notice the music......black genocide music....black murder music.
This is a clip of some dudes playing football in their backyard but the music chosen was about killing and using dracos.
The uploader of this clip is obviously a young person who literally knows nothing other than rap about shooting, robbing and killing....I can't even blame the uploader because it's all he knows.... people his age can't even fathom non-offensive "fun" rap music.
The default setting for rap has become all the worse stereotypes of a group of people imaginable.
Rap music is one of the worst things to ever happen to black people as a collective.....it has absolutely DESTROYED our image/reputation on a global scale.
Dudes in here already talking about "there's bigger fish to fry"..... .no there isn't.
No other group of men would come in a thread like this and say that there's bigger fish to fry than protecting their own image/reputation.
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
descended from the first first niccas in Atlanta with money, (them Cascade niccas), all they do, is tell other how to live
they tap danced for cacs first
If true, it speaks volumes about the community itself if music can destroy it. 
it's really the mature being honest but we should have been honest when we were youth. so by the time the youth who are being affected by this culture mature to speak up they are no longer the influencers of the kids coming up behind them and so goes the cycle. The change will have to come from the ones who move popular culture while they are the most relevant. it is where the poisoning occurred.
THIS. If negative images in rap music is having that much of an impact in our community, then our community is WEAK. If you listen to that kind of music and it makes you want go out and commit crimes and hurt your people you are not only weak, you may be mentally ill.If true, it speaks volumes about the community itself if music can destroy it.
I think this conversation suffers from a lack of realizing cause and effect. Look at the place where hip hop was born - NYC. The most violent year there, when our people were killing each other the most, was 1990. MC Hammer was the number 1 rapper. These violent images were a small part of the music. In addition this was the height of the crack era. Yet rappers didn't start rapping about the drug game on a large scale until the mid-90's. How did the cause come after the effect?
White people are the majority consumers of rap music. If the allegation is true that the music is so bad for the community, why is it not having the same effect on theirs?
Don't get me wrong, theses images are not GOOD for anyone. But I think blaming the ills of our community on rap music is a total cop-out and is not supported by the facts.
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
He’s not wrong. But hip hop was built on competition and destroying your competition. Those other genres have had beef but it doesn’t get represented in the music. The problem with hip hop is that too many times beef isn’t just left on the music like a LL vs Canibus was
cyndaquil
Lv 100 Bold natured
The problem tho is he saying "hip hop" when he really means this mainstream garbage. True fans of the genre have always been tapped into the deeper message carriers and philosophical takes in rap.
Pastor is right
Like i said before reggie wright jr said on his podcast that it was either Pac or Snoop had a lyric in song specifically saying jewish woman and the label interscope was like
you have to remove that from the record
However everything else about shooting nikkas and ghetto bytches( which we know refer to sisters) that was ok to say
Like i said before reggie wright jr said on his podcast that it was either Pac or Snoop had a lyric in song specifically saying jewish woman and the label interscope was like
you have to remove that from the recordHowever everything else about shooting nikkas and ghetto bytches( which we know refer to sisters) that was ok to say