Yeah, I know, hip hop can be evil. It often glorifies violence, misogyny, and materialism over substance. I get it. Who doesn't? But damnit, we can't blame hip hop for everything! These days it seems as if it is a catchall scapegoat for all things evil and it just isn't fair or even logical. Unfortunately, I've been watching some coverage of the whole Mike Vick scandal involving illegal dog fighting. The news reporter said that a national animal rights group blames hip hop for glorifying dog fighting and making it "cool". I couldn't believe my ears, and thought what next? Shall we blame the war in Iraq on hip hop? I can just see W now, holding a press conference after a major attack in Iraq saying, "This never would have happened if it wasn't for E40 and this stupid hyphy movement". Is hip hop also to blame for global warming? Or perhaps the hole in the ozone layer? Yeah, it's really all TI's fault. At what point do people stop blaming someone or something else for their choices and actions and start accepting responsibility? I'm so ready for Tipper Gore to start a campaign on personal integrity instead of one to censor hip hop. As unbelievable as it may seem, if people actually started holding themselves accountable for what they do, negative hip hop and the images that sometimes accompany it would be so irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Let's wake up and blame ourselves instead of hip hop.
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