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well-written article and it has some great accurate points. There are so many relevant examples too, Birdman is probably the number #1 offender 
Y'all who are in here cosigning this post better not pop up in another thread saying that Kendrick, J Cole, etc are corny artists
However I think the role of hip hop in creating poor people and crime is smaller than you guys think. It definitely negatively affects people. But I would not blame it that much for things like the joblessness, crime, and economic weakness in so many black areas.
Example: the black crime rate has been disproportionately high for decades. In 1976 black homicides were already 50% of all homicides, even though black Americans were only 12% of the population.

Y'all who are in here cosigning this post better not pop up in another thread saying that Kendrick, J Cole, etc are corny artists

However I think the role of hip hop in creating poor people and crime is smaller than you guys think. It definitely negatively affects people. But I would not blame it that much for things like the joblessness, crime, and economic weakness in so many black areas.
Example: the black crime rate has been disproportionately high for decades. In 1976 black homicides were already 50% of all homicides, even though black Americans were only 12% of the population.