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Originally Posted by flames_1987
Just out of intrest sake here's what Snoop Dogg had to say concerning the whole thing, and it being compared to rap lyrics. The guy has a few problems of his own but I think he makes a few good points.
"It's a completely different scenario. (Rappers) are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about hoes that's in the 'hood that ain't doing , that's trying to get a for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha#####as say we are in the same league as him. Kick him off the air forever."
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I don't think the way to true equality is glamourizing the lifestyles described in gangster rap. While the anger portrayed in those songs may be real, are those songs acting as a release valve of the anger, or are these songs propagating stereotypes and building the anger?
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