I like this piece - taken from Home Alive

[gemfyre]

"Some day, even the experts will figure out, that crime is not caused by rap music...or even my music, but by a power structure of self-absorbed property owners so brain dead and stupid they won't even see that if you're too goddamn greedy to pay taxes for schools and services, they're not going to be any good any more! And that uneducated time bombs are a very poor investment as a future work force. And if you go on teaching people that life is cheap, and leave them to rot in ghettos and jails, they may one day feel justified in coming back to rob and kill you. Duh!" - Jello Biafra, "Rob Now Pay Later"

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[ex-felicita113.livejournal.com]

I like it. Very true.
What too many people miss is that music is a reflection of the society it comes from, not the other way around. Violence towards police did not begin because NWA released Cop Killer. NWA wrote music about the feelings of discrimination and discontent they experienced.
If politicians are so concerned about music which depicts violence, then they really ought to take a look at the communities which these artists come from. Affluent middle-class kids don't do gangsta rap, despite the fact that they buy a hugs amount of records by artists like Dre and 50 Cent, and that tells you everything about whether the influences come from the music, or are reflected in the music.