A lot of these teenagers are straight up junkies. Coming up we used to clown crackheads and pill poppers, all we did was smoke weed and drink a lil liquor. The music was dark but it had a purpose and a theme. The music now promotes violence and rampant drug use all for the sake of "turning up," with no other redeeming quality whatsoever. Not to mention the shyt is artistically garbage.
My man's little brother is a certified pill head, shyt is a travesty. I used to watch this little mfer do his homework and play Halo in his room back in the day, now he's another skinny jean wearing "swagged out" junkie, probably half a faq too, who knows... and I know for a fact he was influenced by hip-hop. And my man is successful with a degree and all that so I know it ain't the parents fault. People need to stop making excuses for these fukking poison peddlers. Especially in the social media era, where influence has a much wider reach than it did in the past.