And the crime rates in places associated with gangsta rap has gone off the charts.

Memphis crime rates are 237% higher than the national average; Violent crimes in Memphis are 506% higher than the national average.

Oakland crime rates are 175% higher than the national average · Violent crimes in Oakland are 233% higher than the national average.

With a crime rate of 54 per one thousand residents, Atlanta has one of the highest crime rates in America - the chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Atlanta is one in 18.

And in the emerging rap stronghold of Baton Rouge, LA... it is the 7th least safe city in America.

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And to call the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health and the executive director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University... scattered anecdotes...

Again, "denial" is not just a river in Egypt.

The gang members are certainly not listening to Rush or Queen while they are hitting the crack pipe and carjacking innocent people, are they?

I suppose "Fat Bottom Girls" by Queen could be considered sexist, but that is a stretch at best, seeing as Spinal Tap did a hilarious parody of it (Big Bottoms).

It seems you have a soapbox you're unwilling to budge from, despite having nothing more than a couple of (sometimes scattered) anecdotes. However, here's something interesting that is based in fact.

It's likely hard to pinpoint the exact start of gangsta rap. Early rap with Run DMC and others started in the early 80s, but the first real example of rough stuff came with NWA. Their Straight Outta Compton album came out in 1988. That's probably as good a starting place as any to determine the birth of Gangsta Rap.

How about this? The crime rate has been falling precipitously since that time. The crime rate in 1988 for violent crime in America was 637 incidents per 100,000 residents in the USA. In 2019, it had dropped all the way to 379 per 100,000 residents. That's a MASSIVE drop. So, in the time where you feel that gangsta rap has been a menace to society (see what I did there?), the crime rate has been significantly lower.

Actually, those glory days of the 1970's where music was better and not about violence? You guessed it, the US had a higher violent crime rate then than it does now. Sorry if that doesn't fit the narrative, though. Murder rate from 1970-1979 ranged from 7.9 to 9.8 murders per 100,000 people. From 2010-2019? From 4.4 to 5.4 murders per 100,000...almost cut in half.

https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm

https://www.statista.com/statistics/191219/reported-viole... /

Crackheads loved gangsta rap? Shocking! (not)

I had a feeling that gang bangers were not listening to Rush or Steely Dan when they were hitting the crack pipe and carjacking the people at the gas station.

Criminals played the Rush and Steely Dan, white kids from the suburbs bought the rap at the record store, at least prior to 1995.

There's actually quite a bit of discussion about this and it's a prevalent topic. I don't think it's correct to say no one seems to have a problem with those lyrics.