22nd March 2006, 10:40 PM
Quote:The issue here is that it's not about tone or language or even content, its about message, and some rappers have a positive one, and others do not.
Art shouldn't be forced to give a good or bad message. In a censorship-free industry, an artist should give whatever message he intends to, be it extremely deep and real (i.e. something to influence a change in your lifestyle) or hedonistic and self-indulgent (i.e. something to enjoy as is, and not to be emulated). Trainspotting and Sin City are some of my favorite movies, but I don't go around chugging beer glasses at people's faces or ripping off their balls.
You have a point in that Fitty Cent is also marketting himself, not just music, but still, just as much responsibility lays on the shoulders of the morons actually imitating this behavior.