I would agree that no one is "forcing" rappers to promote what they promote, but if you have someone who is poor and destitute as well as angry, that's going to reflect in the music.
True, but that doesn't necessarily mean the music will reflect the glorification of violent acts. Look at examples like a Joey badass and a Bobby Shmurda. Both from the same area of Brooklyn, and both have completely different themes at the core of their music that both attract a consumer base.
The issue is whether or not that should be the primary representation of young Black music. We had Poor Righteous Teachers and X Clan, Wu-Tang, Public Enemy and even NWA to an extent. There were rappers who were promoting knowledge and consciousness. Ice Cube was going hard on the jews and whites in general. I think the powers that be didn't necessarily like that, even though some of these artists were going platinum and making labels millions. I believe that they could've pushed a more positive form of music as equally as they have pushed the gritty, street form of hip hop.
If you are claiming that rap should have a more diverse representation of music for black youths, in terms of subject matter, so the consumer can have a greater chance of being exposed to different themes other than shyt made for clubs, strip joints, and the street, than I agree. Also, if you are claiming this "state" of hip hop music thrived during the pre P.diddy, mega-commercial era of hip-hop than I also agree (Although, with the internet being the core medium for media that state of hip hop is alive today) However; if you're claiming that the reason for why we don't see that diversity thriving today in the genre is solely because of a plot mastermind by whites in power to keep blacks in a dysfunctional state so they can ??? than I have to ask for evidence to instantiate it and why.
If the end goal was to keep us controlled or genocide(LOL) than surely there was a way better opportunity for whitey to carry out this plot in the past, preferably, pre 1960s. Or at the very least explain to me why that assumption holds more weight than this line of reasoning which actually has evidence to support it
(Premise)
Music Industry is a business
A business goal is to make money
X type of product draws the most money in the music industry
thus
(conclusion)
The industry promotes X product(hence the whole P.didiy, shiny suite era)
I think I'm making a legit and fair point. Why is white supremacist the cause, and not business's just doing what they always do which is go were the profit is? I mean, capitalism doesn't run off "white supremacy". If X makes money than it will be exploited, no matter what.
If someone trying to be a rapper is poor and they are given the choice of making 100K for a positive album or a million to rap like Chief Keef, of course 99% are going for the million.Society wants to believe that the more money you have or make, the more important you are in society. Imagine someone rapper some Black unity building over the "Hott nikka" beat; You think the record label would allow that record to get out to airwaves? I don't think they would.
You're right. Money is the variable that is influencing the subject matter that rappers promote, and a host of other things too. Far as the radio/record label, well, since radio stations determine what they play by which draws the most listeners, than yes... I am 100% positive they would promote a "black unity" track if it had the drawing power to support it. The only way for this not to be true is if radio stations use a system to determine radio singles that don't relate to "Numbers of Listeners" in which case that Radio station wouldn't be on the air long. And the record label is gonna go were the money is at.
