I have not seen that TED talk, though I plan to. LL Cool J, Missy Elliot, and Kanye never rap about selling drugs either. In fact, the latter two were produce

I have not seen that TED talk, though I plan to. LL Cool J, Missy Elliot, and Kanye never rap about selling drugs either. In fact, the latter two were producers first. I should edit my OP because the truth is that there are many sub-genres of hip hop, some of which are prevelant with the drug-dealing folklore and others which are not. It was wrong of me to make a blanket statement.