Quote:ok I asked what was thug culture, I got the response which I expected gansta rap...k fine...but "gangsta rap" peaked out late 80s early 90s, you said violent crime is still celebrated in the rap culture and pointed out smack. Smack and other battle leagues are insignificant, a big battle rap event may get half a million youtube views at best...where as a big generic rap song may get close to 100 million views by itself.


If thug culture is perpetuated by rap music which is the only explanation I got from the media and this thread, then why are violent crimes in general down, when rap itself has spread its wings into almost every form of media in the mainstream? Do some rappers have it in their songs, sure, but like I said even when you look at the end of year charts none of the songs that garnered a lot of radio play, or digital downloads are those songs.


You say thug culture and current events may have pushed them to kill these cops...which brings be back to my first question...well what is thug culture...to which the response is gangsta rap...to which my response would be "lol is this the 80's". Thug culture is about as real as the violent video game culture being responsible for every death in the 2000s or violent tv and movie culture being responsible or every death in the 90s, or gangsta rap culture being responsible for the woes of the 80s, or rock and roll before that.

I'm done with the conversation in the thread because it's being spun way, way too much. The simple fact is that rap music glorifies/portrays violence and crime way more than country music. You keep glossing over this for some reason, instead of calling out the ridiculousness in those claims by other posters.


Also, many Smack battles have over 2 million views, so "500,000 at most" is such an ignorant statement. Regardless, battle rap is part of the current rap culture. Even if you ignore battle rap, mainstream rap contains more violent crime lyrics than country. Not debatable.

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