Rapper Future Accused Of "Destroying Lives" By Promoting Drug Use In Music.

[pifftannen]

Are 90% of black people leading destructive lives? Thats the amount of music on mainstream radio by black artist that promotes negative, destructive behavior. So only 10% of blacks are leading positive and non-destructive lives you say

aint no numbers in my quote breh, wtf you goin on about

 

[Scoop]

As opposed to sex drugs n rock n roll



Not defending it but you could just as easy say drug culture

No not opposed to rock n roll but this is a hip hop board talking about a hip hop artist.

Basically every song Future makes is about pills or syrup or he intends you to be on them while listening.

It's embarrassing for artist that try and be smart about the music they make and the fans.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

No not opposed to rock n roll but this is a hip hop board talking about a hip hop artist.

Basically every song Future makes is about pills or syrup or he intends you to be on them while listening.

It's embarrassing for artist that try and be smart about the music they make and the fans.

Basically I don't listen to future and I can't relate to the hard drug use talk. If he has fans who like that then its on them. Artists tend to reflect societal values or the lack of. It seems like there isn't a stigma on hard drug use anymore so fiends are acting like its normal.

We seen what happened to Gucci with the meltdown. That should have been a cautionary tale

Yams...

Danny Brown twitter melt down etc.

There is plenty of proof that harm is being done but fans ignore it turn up and keep at it. Can't blame future because he ain't buying his own music. There's a broader general problem with popular culture and what is acceptable. We change that not the artists. If fans tuned out he wouldn't keep making the same drug music..

 

[Smokee Robinson]

i get what Maco is saying but why only single out Future. hes on a label with Migos and their songs are full of tracks about selling drugs , meeting the plug and fukking with bytches. If hes choosing to go against this type of sound he cant pick and choose artist to go after

 

[Citi Trends]

this is such a dumb ass argument. in every other aspect of live you're not supposed to be a victim who blames everyone else for his or her problems and choices but if you listen to rap while you do them it's a rapper's fault you killed someone/sold drugs/do drugs. One of the first things they teach you in any rehab/therapy session is to take responsibility for yourself and stop blaming others. I can imagine a bunch of idiot sitting in rehab whining like "THAT nikka FUTURE MADE ME GET SUCK dikk FOR XANAX"

Saying something like this is basically saying everyone has to take care of you and walk on eggshells about what they do/say around you because you're too much of a gullible idiot to take care of yourself

 

[151_Pr00f]

First rapper I've ever heard who tried to make nodding out seem cool

"I nodded off wit that rugger
I took your bytch to Aruba"

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Fucc this fakkit


"I'm OG Maco and I stand for something. Hey Future, your music's cool, Ima fan breh. But could you please stop promoting drug use and all that? It ain't cool"

if you get caught turned down, your freebands pass is rere revolked

 

[Citi Trends]

First rapper I've ever heard who tried to make nodding out seem cool

"I nodded off wit that rugger
I took your bytch to Aruba"

eminem doesn't exist now? or any other druggy rapper

 

[151_Pr00f]

eminem doesn't exist now? or any other druggy rapper

I've never really listened to eminem like that but from what I've heard I never heard a lyric of him bragging on nodding out.

I mean nodding out is what junkies do, why would you want to make that seem cool?

 

[Citi Trends]

I've never really listened to eminem like that but from what I've heard I never heard a lyric of him bragging on nodding out.

I mean nodding out is what junkies do, why would you want to make that seem cool?

i dont know. why does eminem make songs about raping women and colorful videos about various pills
are you going to tell me these are for research purposes and aren't meant to sound/be cool?

 

[Ghpstface]

Take everything a rapper says literally breh

If the nikka really took that many pills he'd be dead as shyt.

Not really there's old folks out there taking 90 of those fukkers a month...most scripts are written for you to take 2 or 3 a day for anxiety ....not saying they're good for you like Flintstones vitamins but that's not exactly lethal by itself....it's when you start mixing drugs when you run into problems

 

[NSSVO]

but yeah...i questioned nikka like Future and The Weeknd before...i don't think they do as many drugs as they portray...i think a lot of it might be observing from a creative POV for cred by watching those around them...Future be talkin about noddin off of molly sometimes which give you the exact opposite effect...

You can nod in and out.

 

[NSSVO]

@ people bringing up parents like peer pressure doesn't happen. Or companies don't pay a lot of money to a lot different type of people to promote certain things. If you listen to 2 to 3 hours of music a day. That will effect you, whatever the words are. One conversation can change your life or your mindstate, why wouldn't you think constant music and words in your head couldn't?

Rappers do promote a destructive lifestyle, and I personally just want these guys to be out of character during interviews so the kids can learn to seperate rap from real life. But, unfortunately, one of the most important characteristics of a rapper is (was) being real. See how it all loops in for fukkery? The curtain is never down. Kids think its possible to be a millionaire, do all kinds of drugs (mixing highs which is dangerous as fukk), and be a piece of shyt. It's crazy brehs. I just hope we can seperate it from being so closely attached to "black" culture.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

future aint destroying lives, hes just the soundtracks to nikkas destroying they lives

So true....

 

[Hyperion]

And these are the people with the highest platform and the largest influence of our youth. Believe it or not, kids DO emulate these rappers. Im not sure why yall continue to deny this or think that its out of the ordinary for a kid to do such. This is a big reason why the black community is where its currently at. We STAY encouraging ignorance. As long as it bumps in the whip its ok. We STAY enabling these rappers to promote our own genocide and to lead impressionable-minded kids down a destructive path. All of you "its just entertainment" fools are just that.....fools.

Bold, and entire paragraph is truth. We gotta remember, these are fukkin teenagers he's mostly referring to. Teens wild the fukk out and party, that's been a fact since the invention of liquor, but still. Folks in the thread denying it are doing so because they're grown and know better than to go do what someone on a record does.

Is someone going to become an addict, a murderer or a gang member because of rap? Probably not. If said person goes down that road, there's obviously other outside influences that play a part, like upbringing, their environment, peer pressure, and etcetera. And we can't place all blame on the entertainers either, because it's not their job to parent. It starts at home. But music does have a way of glamorizing things that really shouldn't be glamorized.

And I don't even think it's the music itself, it's the fact that those concepts get rewarded, and then we see those rappers with all these chains, cars and girls. That's why it's cool to be a rapper right now, people see it as a Get-Rich-Quick scheme. And they're right for seeing it that way, because that's exactly how it works. OG Maco tested that theory himself and succeeded.