Rap + Drugs = Brothers

Okay, the other day I went to perform for some Russian Delegates that came over to the US to experience what the US was like... So I performed my little skit and I rapped lines from T's "Memories (Smiling Tears)". After I rapped her lines, the Russian Delegates said that rappers and drugs are like brothers. If there are rappers, there are always drugs involved, is basically what the delegates were saying... I was so devastated and shocked about what they said and I had to make my answer short because they didn't understand English. So what I said is that I know a bunch of people who rap and don't do drugs (I was referring to the JSL lyricism thread and the people who participate in the thread). I couldn't say more, like it was stereotypical or anything like that. It bothered me a lot that people would think that and I wanted to speak up for it. I came home and thought about it the whole night and couldn't sleep. As you all know, I just started getting into all this freestyling and rapping. So perhaps I just don't know the truth about issues like this.

Basically, what are your thoughts, point of views, and feelings about the issue of the stereotypical rappers/rapping and drugs are brothers?

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------my thoughts 'n personal experience------

that's tha problem wit 2day...the ignorant simply judge witout even tryin to understand the truth.

wit dis particular issue, from readin wut u said, the delegates simply judged rappin negatively cuz of how the media portrays it.

i'm not sayin that rappers don't do drugs...sum do...
but drugs, violence, 'n sex is wut's reported 'n associated wit hip-hop which gives it a bad image to the uneducated.

from my experience, bout 10-11 years, A LOT of people think that hip-hop is all bout drugs, violence, 'n sex.
all i hear is that it's negative, wut good can u git outta it, blah blah blah.
i understand their view(s), but they're judgin solely based on wut they read in the papers 'n the news...which doesn't do a good job of portrayin rap correctly...most of the times, it only reports the negatives, no positives.

a philly newspaper had an editorial column in it wit the headline "rapper dies violent death portrayin lifestyle"...those weren't the exact words, but similar...neway it was focused on the great late Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC. but that article went onto point out how his 'gangsta' lifestyle was the result of his violent death...which is COMPLETE BULLSHIT...no credibility at all.
but an article like dis doesn't do ne justice for Jam Master Jay nor does it do ne good for the hip-hop image. i knoe people read that article 'n must've thought hip-hop is sum bad shiet.

that's y we gotta educate people to help them understand that hip-hop is not all bout drugs, violence, 'n sex....there's more to it that that.
to make shit brief, hip-hop is an art of expressions consisted of four elements: DJin, B-Boyin, Graffit art, 'n MCin. uze of these are to express yourself in a unique style u create.


don't git shit twisted...don't believe all tha hype

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hahah i find that hilariously ironic. Before they critique other societies, they should look at what a mess theirs is before making generalizations

But they were referring to professional rappers most likely, and in that case, their assumption is for the most part, correct. They have no idea how our society is like (though it is fairly clear that ours is "better") so they would have no perception on how freestyle amateur rappers differ from professional rappers. You have to give them some leeway.


btw: why in the world were they visiting winsconsin?

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Last edited by Crazydeb8ter on 11-20-2002 at 03:36 AM

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lol, they came to the US to learn about how it's like here and the education... basically on drugs, HIV/AIDS, etc.... so they came to wisconsin because the midwestern states have the best educational schools... ^^

I'm smart :sleepy:

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