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Jazz never glorified crime. Big difference here. You are making a false equivalence.

• alphabettsy 5y ago
  I’m not. It doesn’t matter what jazz is or isn’t. The point is misdirection. I’m not going to argue that Rap isn’t often talking about crime and violence, but rap is a wide genre and quite a lot of it is not violent. The origins of Rap are quite different than what we have today, you might be interested to learn the history of rap and how/why it changed. You might also learn about rap and not cherrypick what fits your narrative. You might understand that alot of rap is about the lifestyle individuals feel forced to live and just about their circumstances in general. This narrative also convieniently ignores the massive audience for pop, gospel and R&B in the same communities you’re discussing as if black people listen to rap and only rap. Regardless biggest consumers of rap are not black people, but in your analysis only black people are unable to overcome the influence of popular entertainment. If rap causes black people to commit crime then country music must certainly cause drunk driving and Call of Duty is why we have school shootings.
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  • heavyset_go 5y ago
    > If rap causes black people to commit crime then country music must certainly cause drunk driving and Call of Duty is why we have school shootings. Also, I guess Marilyn Manson's music actually was responsible for turning young people away from God. Atheism's popularity has grown ever since its debut, and so has the Church of Satan. The numbers don't lie!
• MisterBastahrd 5y ago
  Jazz was literally born in brothels and bars owned by gangsters. It doesn't exist without actual criminals LITERALLY supporting its birth financially.