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“Girls look so good but their brain is not ready. I don’t know./ I’d rather talk to a woman ‘cause her mind is so steady. So here we go.”KRS-One on “Criminal Minded”

For as long as I can remember, men have been infatuated with younger women. And, almost just as long, women have been interested in older men. This still holds true to this day in a great many ways. Women in their mid-30’s, that I know, are dating men almost two decades their senior these days like its nothing. Others are dating men that are not-so-old, but older. And, younger women seem to give an aging man that spark to manage that mid-life crisis (snicker, if you will). Women mature faster than men. Age ain’t nothing but a number, right? This existed long before current day.

But something decidedly more creepy this way cometh. We’re seeing more than a few rappers and young girls dating, allegedly.

We are seeing older guys in entertainment seemingly walking openly on some very thin ice with underage girls. At 24, Tyga is still a very young man, but he’d best not get too comfy with 17-year-old Kylie Jenner, the youngest sister in the Kardashian clan. There were rampant rumors that she and the Young Money rapper we dating, an assertion Tyga has publicly denied. “Kylie? Nah. See the thing about Kylie… I’ve known Kylie and the whole family for four years.” he told VIBE. “If somebody wanna hang out, cool, I’m not opposed to hanging out with somebody. But people wanna take the situation [with Kylie] to the next level.” Hanging out, eh? OK.

The Game, 34, has faced similar scrutiny recently.

The Compton-born rapper is dating an 18-year-old beautiful internet sensation named India. For the record, Game denies they have had sex. This factoid has not stopped people in the open arena of social media from crying foul or the rapper defending his personal life.

Unfortunately, many women are taken by fame, power, money and stature. This is age-old. Pun intended. And men take full advantage of women’s trappings, which are particularly strong in younger women. Men in the entertainment game tend to be more seasoned, and oftentimes have a worldview that escapes the regular dude from the hood. They are more advanced in one way or another and the women are enthralled by them. A young girl might be pleased and completely satisfied if an artist allows them some hang-time in the studio. A lot of them don’t even care about money…or if the man cares about them.

I talked to one of my industry friends and she hipped me to the the game on the other side, based on her experience working as an executive with rappers and singers. Some of the girls are fast, she maintains, and they try running games on the rappers because they see a quick come up in these men. “I’ve got stories for days. Some of these girls are barely legal. They are sending these rappers naked pics until the man gives in. They stay around and stay around and stay around until its just them or the rapper,” she said. “Or, even better, they get a trip to some island.” The thing is, she mostly related to situations similar to The Game, where the girl may be legally of age. Their mentality is typically questionable, even the college-age females.

So, there is a legal underage and then there is a moral precedence. When a man is in his late 30’s or early 40’s there should be an issue with preying on a teenager. One of my former friend’s had a similar M.O., where he was completely cool with sexing 18-year-olds, even though he was in his mid-30’s. I don’t know how much he actually did it, because I never saw the evidence firsthand. We always chided and or clowned him over it, because it always reeked. Sadly, the abuse of power happens more than reported and apparently more than I ever knew, based on my friend’s assertion.

I have a decent grasp on history though. We all know this symbiotic relationship wasn’t created in 2014. We’ve seen this power play over and over through time. I won’t go back too far, but few bring up the fact that famed rocker Elvis Presley met and romanced a 14-year-old, that he would eventually marry. According to a recent book, he frequently got with uber-young girls, due to his own sexual insecurities. Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis was 23 when he fell in love with Myra Brown, 13. Oh, lest we forget she was also his second cousin. The late Paul Walker had a scandal after his death when it was revealed that he engaged his girlfriend when she was 16. Then, there is R.Kelly and the scores of stories surrounding him.

So, what is the solution?

Raise your daughters strong, intelligent and self assured. Raise yours sons to be respectful, thoughtful and wise beyond their hormones.

Then, pray.

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