I'm hardly an avid rap listener, but to contribute violence in society to rap is naive.
Tell that to the Police Officers here in Trinidad whose lives were threatened through a rap song/video on Youtube.
That's two different things.
It doesn't create a mind set anymore than an item of clothing does. They twist it and turn it into a badge they wear, it doesn't create them.
Yeah India has troubles, but one must remember the history behind it when considering its troubles. With regards to violence among children you might want England and US to become more like India.
I never said it causes street violence. I'm not sure that's what Flintoff was implying but here in Trini, you will never find a young gangster listening to Nickelback
I do think some of them associate rap/dancehall with violence and we're not talking about mickey mouse rap like Eminem, Jay-Z etc.Ever seen MTV cribs? I can't tell you how many rappers featured on that show had Scarface posters in their house. But then again, that could just be a stupid trend and is pretty ridiculous.
No I don't watch MTV Cribs, but yes I am aware that many rappers have used Scarface as an influence. That's why I specifically mentioned that movie, and not 300 or Kill Bill.Ever seen MTV cribs? I can't tell you how many rappers featured on that show had Scarface posters in their house. But then again, that could just be a stupid trend and is pretty ridiculous.
Heard it was suicide.Carradine's dead on that Kill Bill note.
Well obviously I was exaggerating,just get a little wound up that every time there is a thread like this he pops up with something inflammatory
And of course, politicians don't lie. Lol
1- I doubt 1 comment would inspire someone to become a racist arsehole and support the BNP. Their supporters aren't regular people and I can't see many people deciding whether to vote for 1 party or the BNP. There's a big following of the BNP and NF here and their voters are staunch. I can't see many swing votes going to the BNP personally.
To say rap music has a high proportion of blame for violence in Britain is obviously fairly stupid, but there's no doubt that those who rap\sing glorifying crime aren't exactly helping matters. However, it's a two-way thing; they've been brought-up with those values, so they help pass them on - and rap is one of the means. If rapping about crime being good could somehow be banned, it wouldn't solve very many problems, because other means would merely be found to pass-on the deplorable message, but if you could intervene in the societies that have such problems, you'd cause a decrease in the amount of rap which glorifies crime - purely because those putting the message about wouldn't get the message ITFP to put about.