snoop1130 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 'It's a war zone': why is a generation of rappers dying young? By Sirin Kale A roadside tribute to the murdered rapper XXXTentacion. Photograph: Mediapunch/Rex/Shutterstock It might sound callous, but Jacob Thureson’s parents, Erik and Judy, were not too worried when they heard about his latest overdose. It had happened a couple of times already and the 18-year-old rapper had always made it out of hospital in one piece. Thureson, who performed under the name Hella Sketchy, was among the wave of emo-influenced trap rappers who came up using the music platform SoundCloud. He had recently relocated from the family home in Texas to Los Angeles after being signed to Atlantic Records. Full Story: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/31/war-zone-music-industry-confronts-a-generation-of-rappers-dying-young 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieBob18 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Swords - live by them, die by them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Coronavirus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daoyai Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 rap is <deleted>, I know I wanna die when exposed to it ... so this understandable phenomena. 1 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 Be fair when was the last time you heard a rap song not about guns, knives, police, drugs or lack of ping pong facilities ? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jollyhangmon Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 ... well, try this one ... > Jon Lajoie parodies modern rap by delivering a sixty-three <deleted> salute, describing just how much of a <deleted> he doesn’t give < Lyrics: https://genius.com/Jon-lajoie-chainsaw-everything-lyrics 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 12 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Be fair when was the last time you heard a rap song not about guns, knives, police, drugs or lack of ping pong facilities ? I agree with your point, but there are some conscious rappers like lowkey (the UK one), wretch 32 and Akala, who don't glamorise these things. Most of their best material is about 8 years old, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spinner2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 Does anyone else find this - at best - distasteful? Like rap, war zones are not nice, but to compare the two is insulting. These prancing prats with their overdose 'culture' deserve what they get - few people in real war zones do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) Chamillionaire and Eminem - now they were two of the truly genius rappers rapping about real sh$ttt. These days most rappers are usually rapping about nothing. Edited February 1, 2020 by bbi1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DefaultName Posted February 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 1, 2020 They promote and partake of gang and drug culture. How many other youngsters have died because they emulate these cultural examples who go around draped in gold, throwing gang signs? They die as they live. I do not have it in me to feel sorry for them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSIII Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 If you have to ask "Why is a generation of rappers dying young?" then you don't understand the rap/gang culture. Sadly, it was the US media back in the 80's and 90's that glorified rap and the violent gang culture. They literally made gang members so called "legitimate" super stars. The black gang culture is everywhere in rap, NBA and NFL. Just look at some of the hand signals that have been thrown in games, in music videos, and in their everyday pics. Just look at the most famous rapper, Calvin Broadus Jr., otherwise known as Snoop Dogg, has stated repeatedly the he is a Crip for life, as the US media has made him a super star who brags about gang violence, drugs, guns, and more... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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