Quote:Hip hop is probably more prevalent in mainstream now than it was 10 or 20 years go, commercials, movies, tv, radio, ringtones, video games and everything else.  Which like I said before, if it is more popular now (the same argument the gun lobby uses when they say gun ownership is up), then why is violent crime down if the thug culture coming from rap is so dominant now?

 

 

 

Ok let me rephrase then, I doubt these idiots had the news on their mind anymore than fight or flight from a drug sentence.  Do I know they had drugs?  No, but based on the circumstances the situation screams it...and at the very least they were felons in possession of loaded firearms.

 

 I'm certain that was more on their minds than "oh imma kill me a cop just because."  If they were wanting to just kill a cop, why not kill the cop before his assist came?

 

Okay, I was under the impression you were a solid poster and didn't resort to putting words in mouths the way others have been. I said that thug culture rap (ie. N.W.A., Bone Thugs, Tupac, etc.) dominated the rap culture back in the 90s. I said it was much more predominant then than it is now, which is maybe related to crime being down now. Rap is more popular now than it was 20 years ago, but there were many more gangster rappers in the 90s than there are now. That being said, there are still more rappers promoting thug culture than country music singers promoting thug culture. This has been my point the entire time and I highly doubt you disagree with that.

 

And, again who is saying that their minds were "oh ima kill me a cop just because". No one is saying that. All anyone has said is that thug culture and current events regarding police brutality may have influenced the suspects lifestyle/choices. There is no need to speak in absolutes when having a discussion unless you are trying to build a strawman, and I'd like to believe you are a better poster than that.

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