The Association of Violence and Drug Abuse in Rap Culture.

 

Many rappers have been killed because of rival gangs like Tupac and The Notorious BIG. Both artists were shot in cold blood and their talent was taken from them, which is tragic. Violence in the rap game is a problem that cannot be solved, because to this day rappers are still getting killed in cold blood. Nowadays rappers must be very discrete with everything they do so they do not get caught lacking. For example, Pop Smoke accidentally shared his address, and next thing you know he was murdered at his own house. Another example would be XXXTentacion, who was shot and killed in his own car. Also, rap culture encourages violence because people look up to rappers, and when they see them creating violence, then the people follow.

Many rappers were raised in hood and were exposed to illicit business at an early age, such as drug sales, gang activity, or anything else that could get them in trouble. These rappers would most frequently get involved in dangerous ventures related to gangs. They learned about violence and many other horrible things from these gangs at an early age. Additionally, these rappers are part of gangs and use music as a means of expressing their animosity at other gang members. That doesn't always work out well.

The issue of young rappers being killed is not limited to the problem of rappers killing each other. Another reason these rappers pass away so early is drug use. Rappers Mac Miller, Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, and others passed away from drug overdoses. These rappers were dealing with personal demons, and it was evident from the words of their songs. Rappers often use drugs, which encourages their listeners to follow suit. 

 

CONCLUSION- I believe that violence should never be the answer to bad situations. People can solve problems with their words. Solving problems with violence will just cause more problems. If someone killed another person over a dispute, now that person has to worry about prison and other people trying to kill him or her. While on the other hand, if you solve a problem verbally, then you and that person do not have to worry about anything. They can both go on with their day. There have been too many young talented lives lost due to violence, and it is not worth it. I think this conversation matters to the audience because one of your favorite artists could be killed over something small. This could make a lot of people upset if one of their favorite artists was killed. Also, maybe one of the artists you liked to listen to have already been killed due to violence, and you would like to see a change as well. Just this year we lost a few artists due to violence, like Pop Smoke and King Von. Both of these artists were super young, being in their twenties, and they had their whole careers in front of them until they got murdered. These two artists are not the only ones. Plenty more rappers have been murdered over beef that could have been resolved with other actions. I think people need to stop worrying about their street reputation and should start worrying about stopping the violence in the rap game.

Regards.

kaustubh kuniyal

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