Personally throughout my life(21 years) i've gone from liking it, to being indifferent, to completely despising it. I see too many black people, especially my own age trying to imitate and live by the thug mentality that alot of rappers preach about in their lyrics. It's especially annoying because alot of them who feel the need to imitate this lifestyle of flashy clothes, obnoxious behavior, degrading attitudes towards women, and making money the easy way instead of getting an education are from the suburbs. I'm not going to completly blame it all on hip hop of course but I think it's definetely a huge factor in the way that alot of blacks are behaving. I had black friends who would wear some extremly nice designer clothing but would beg me for moneybecause they couldn't affordfood during lunch. I honestly do not have that much respect for the "gangsta" rap "artists" . Out of all of them what % do you think actually goes on about how important it is to get an education?? Not alot. I'd just like to get some other views and opinions on this. Because i'm seriously hoping that hip-hop will eventually fade out of mainstream society.