I believe there is a significant difference between “murderous” country music, mystery novels etc. and rap. The guy who shot a man in Reno is a dumbass stuck in Folsom Prison, serial killers in novels are usually evil and/or deplorable and the good detectives basically slay them like knights slayed dragons. However, violent, sexist guys …
I believe there is a significant difference between “murderous” country music, mystery novels etc. and rap. The guy who shot a man in Reno is a dumbass stuck in Folsom Prison, serial killers in novels are usually evil and/or deplorable and the good detectives basically slay them like knights slayed dragons. However, violent, sexist guys in rap are often the heroes of the song, the cool ones. That’s what makes rap more problematic, and possibly more predictive of actual violence.
I believe there is a significant difference between “murderous” country music, mystery novels etc. and rap. The guy who shot a man in Reno is a dumbass stuck in Folsom Prison, serial killers in novels are usually evil and/or deplorable and the good detectives basically slay them like knights slayed dragons. However, violent, sexist guys in rap are often the heroes of the song, the cool ones. That’s what makes rap more problematic, and possibly more predictive of actual violence.