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The next black leader would have to be from the streets and worked his or her way up the latter and came back to the streets to help everyone else out. Also, it would not hurt if that person is a Hip Hop artist. http://www.2012mediagroup.com

This brand of hip today is so harmful to black america. I am from the old school rap and there was a time when there were different forms of rap but all were positive. Rap was about having a good time in the park. Battling each other on the mic to show your skills. Mothers didn't worry about their kids at the park. Public Enemy, The Ex Clan, The Furious Five all sent messages of black power, respecting each other and lessons to be learned form the streets. Women were praised for being "Around the way girls". There were rap songs about love. Great stories of all kind were introduced. There were concerts and gatherings of pure fun. You weren't embarrassed when your parents heard what you were listening to. Black people were proud and uniting. They were wearing their medallions and african neclaces. Were the "entertainment powers that be" sitting in the wings saying wait a minute these people are uniting, we can't have this… Then gangster rap reared it's ugly head, it took all of that away and was the beginning of the end of what rap/hip hop was truly about. Now instead of unity we have violence, no respect for each other and murder. We speak ill of ourselves and for the mighty dollar we sell our souls, make excuses for calling each other dispicable names and lead our younger black race to the road to nowhere. Everything Martin Luther King and Malcolm X fought for is a distant memory. It is truly sad.

At any point is Thomas Chatterton Williams acknowledging who actually owns and controls hip hop? And how these issues of snitching and other things are not brand new to black culture? Is he an anthropologist, or someone trying to make a quick buck off of making black culture negative while not criticizing the mainstream.

The moderator should have debated him.

hip hop has weighed heavily on black america but by no means has it been a main factor in the violence that All of America presents. It has been a Diamond to some but Diamonds have sharp edges and can cut you from all angles so its a double edged sword. It all boils down to HOME teaching and EDucation…Don't let entertainment Raise your children and no form of music will influence them to do stray from what u have taught them from birth.

Wow This Is Sad………….Is Rock And Roll Bad For White America? No It's Music Stop Looking For Something To Blame All The Time Black people Don't Wanna See Each other With nothing And That's Sad It's Young Black men That Could Be On The Corner But Now There Jay-z,50 cents,Kanye Wests,And Lil Waynes Why Try And Ruin It For Them

ok how come if a big name rapper wear a item or gives props to a car a brand of drink etc. young black males go out and buy it.during the superfly days the everyday bros did not wear pimp clothes to work,they wore them but only at social events.but you see young black males trying to look like rappers 24/7.they told us about carjacking in L.A. then every thug across the us statred jacking folks.too many young black men really think it is a lifestyle