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One i came up with myself, and have no real proof for other than "well just look at this shit" :
Gangster rap being promoted as a way to get people to confess to crimes on tape. And to wear your pants in the most trip-hazard way possible for easy capture.
Snoop Dogg and NWA and the like selling impressionable young black people stuck in ghettos that a path to success is to get infront of a microphone, wait for the beat to start, and recite poetry including your name, felonies, and area code.
Crazy ignorant.
Yeah im not actually American so I dont have the rich history baked into my consciousness to truly understand my level of ignorance there.
Still basically believe it though.