The Story Behind Rap And Gangs

1
OH Hip Hop Presents

• The Story Behind Rap And Gangs

2
OH Hip Hop

• Gangs and Hip Hop music has always been
  affiliated in conversations about both. A lot of
  people believe that Hip Hop is completely
  responsible for the rise in gang violence since
  Hip Hop was founded. Some people believe that
  gang activity influences many Hip Hop artists.
  While Hip Hop lyrics and gang activity have been
  linked together over the years, they are not as
  closely related as some may think. The Game, Lil
  Wayne, and Snoop Dogg are a few of the very
  popular mainstream artists that do actually have
  ties with street gangs.

3
OH Hip Hop

• Gangs are usually blamed for most of the violence
  in the inner cities in America. The most
  significant gangs exist in large cities and
  usually include people of minority backgrounds.
  The majority of popular Rap musicians are of a
  minority background. Gang members often listen to
  Hip Hop and dress in the urban clothing style,
  which is what Hip Hop musicians usually wear. Rap
  music has been known to contain violent lyrics
  related to gang activity. So, is it true that Hip
  Hop is responsible for violent gang activity?

4
OH Hip Hop

• Gangs have been established many times before
  anybody ever thought of Hip Hop. Why haven't
  people realized this fact? People may know that,
  but they believe that Rap is responsible for
  making gangs even more violent. I don't believe
  that music is powerful enough to make somebody
  perform violent actions. However, I believe that
  gang activity has an influence on many Hip Hop
  artists.

5
OH Hip Hop

• Many of the popular musicians today grew up in
  the inner city. As long as they have been alive,
  they have been effected by gangs in some way or
  another. Emcees have the tendency to portray
  their life story on an instrumental. If they
  lived in the ghetto, then they are definitely
  going to talk about the things they did, and
  seen, when they lived there.

6
OH Hip Hop

• Rap music gets an unfair blame when it comes to
  violent crimes performed in the inner city. The
  truth is that Rap music doesn't make anybody do
  anything, especially violent things. It may talk
  about violent crimes but that doesn't make people
  commit them. The blame should never be placed on
  music. Many popular movies show drug abuse. If
  Hip Hop can be blamed for gang violence, then why
  aren't movies blamed for drug use? That analogy
  shows how ridiculous this blame is that Hip Hop
  constantly has to deal with.

7
OH Hip Hop

• If you want to learn more concerning the Hip Hop
  music genre, go to OH Hip Hop. OH Hip Hop has a
  mixture of features, such as the Latest Hip Hop
  News. It also has a whole Hip Hop Clothing
  section.