Hip Hop Vs. America: Raise Your Children Stupid!

Posted on: September 26, 2007 9 comments so far (is that a lot?)

Check this clip out from BET’s Hip Hop Vs. America segment. Nelly and T.I. represent right. I really think some old folks don’t understand hip hop, the hip hop generation is the smartest generation ever. Hip hop is the only music that teaches its listeners. Do you really think listening to Jay-Z will make you sell drugs? No, if you are from that environment you may, but listening to any of the successful rappers has inspired myself and others like me to better ourselves. I don’t think I would have become such a business minded person had I grown up listening to dance, rock or country music. No, hip hop breads hustlers.

Hip hop listeners have had their “back to the wall” and know what its like to “struggle”, granted everyone’s struggle may not be the same, but some how some way we all are inspired by this rap music. I think a lot of parents are just not raising their children properly and are not teaching them to be business minded, for the simple fact they themselves are not business minded. The majority of people have ingrained in themselves with the “worker” mentality. They have conditioned themselves that they only way to survive is to have a stable job and go to school. When the majority of extremely successful people quit their day job and dropped out of school to pursue their passion.

Following your passion, regardless of what it is, is what hip hop teaches. You dumb parents fail to realize this and instill in your children the “slave” mentality that only teaches to “survive” rather than thrive. Hip hop has inspired me and many others like me to follow our passions. Do you think following your passion means selling drugs? Hardly, hip hop has given hindsight to the masses showing them that selling drugs will eventually lead you down the wrong path. Hip hop teaches its listeners to be “street smart” and to pursue their dreams, something you dumb parents should have been doing.

Hip Hop Vs. America: Raise Your Children Stupid!

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9 Responses to “Hip Hop Vs. America: Raise Your Children Stupid!”

  1. Marcus Brown Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 10:25 am

    Hip Hop is teaching it’s listeners what? Have you actually listened to the lyrics of the top 10 artists who rhyme and what they have to say? It “was” an avenue that allowed for thought processes to be explored. It no longer is viable for that, not if you want to have a top selling album (Kanye West excluded). When Nelly said that the young listeners should be concerned with education, that would be a good fact if it was what this generation wished to attain.

  2. YoRapper Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 11:20 am

    Hip hop is teaching it’s listeners about business, about dance, about fashion, about marketing, about being a success -coming from nothing and making something.

    I listen to all rap, I am the ultimate hip hop head. But I think you are judging one song on an artist’s whole body of work. Where I will guarantee that every artist has one song you can take an inspirational message away from or understand an artist within the context of their music.

    Having a top selling album is all about making good music that the entire world can say that’s a good song. Kanye has sold 3 times platinum on his last 2 albums and his most recent will likely follow suit.

    You really shouldn’t be concerned with education for the hell of it, meaning you shouldn’t go to school if you don’t want to. If your passions don’t require school to fulfill then to go would be a waste of time. But at the bare minimum most kids should be graduating high school, unless they have already started a business that they are passionate about. It really comes down to the parents who are the idiots and pass the same stupid way of thinking on to their kids.

  3. P. Diddy Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 11:42 am

    Why aren’t those of African descent more successful than of other visible minorities? They were amongst the first immigrants to arrive in North America albeit through the slave trade and have ample duration and opportunities to live prosperously. It seems minorities arriving from the 70’s (Italians), 80’s (Asians), 90’s (South-East Asians) and early 00’s (Eastern Europeans) are all doing better, what gives?

    “Either you’re slingin’ crack-rock, or you’ve got a wicked jump-shot.”

  4. Anthony Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 2:36 pm

    I watched parts of this discussion on http://www.globalgrind.com. I feel that this mini-series was needed in order to spark awareness on the issue and create change. I think that the discussion should be expanded and include more participants on the panel and involve other topics affecting the Hip Hop community. The rappers shouldn’t be the ones blamed for the world’s problems, they are simply reporting on their lifestyle and experiences.

  5. chris Says:
    November 1st, 2007 at 6:41 pm

    hip -hop is dead stop it

  6. Anonymous Says:
    November 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm

    HIP HOP IS THE SHIT SO FUCK UP EVERYBODY !

    OUR PRESIDENT IS BLACK =]]

  7. krymson kurensi Says:
    December 4th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    @ p. diddy

    i don’t know if your asking the question sarcastically or really intrigued by the traps that those of ‘african decent’ are kept from being successful. even the line that is qouted from jay-z rings truth because not until the mid or late nineties and maybe even now (with some exceptions of course)those of ‘african decent’ were not allowed to thrive in prominent schools and the few that were even fewer were kept from excelling in the workplace. Any area you can think of that as far as career opportunities that held prestigious title, those of african decent were blocked from attaining. The stock market, the medical field, the judicial field, the political field, or any other. Not to say that a handful of blacks weren’t able to fight their way into those fields but opportunities were few and far between and the only avenue for prosperity with a high success rate of attaining was through the entertainment field. Those of african decent couldn’t even drink or relieve themselves in the same facilities not just a generation or two ago whereas other groups come to this country, assimilate and go through not nearly as rough a time as do those with african decent even to this day (not to say that they don’t go through struggle themselves or belittle their struggle)

  8. Really? Says:
    June 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    This is all rediculous. Any type of music can inspire a person, rap, country, rock, hip hop etc. Music is entertainment, that is it’s purpose. It is made to move you, inspire you, for worship, to help you reflect. Music can do many things but it cannot live your life for you. There is no one best genre, it is a matter of opinion. People like what they can relate to or what moves them. I myself as well as most of the world do not limit myself to one genre, I just like what I like. You can’t base your life of a song or blame your life on your situation. There is struggle in all walks of life it is the person’s will and initiative that help them strive. Hip Hop is successful, it can be catchy it can make you dance, reflect or inspire you but it is up to you to make your life worth while. Life your life.

  9. Kelby Williams Says:
    July 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am

    I think that Hip Hop is among the great African American inventions. Hip Hop is not simply the music that we enjoy. It is the poetry, the attitude, the clothing, enlightenment, and the basic essence of those who indulge in it. I think that we should take more pride in the quality and status of this thing that we have created and protect it as it should be.

    To say that Hip Hop is dead is a false statement. Granted, she is wounded, but she is far from dead. This is not something that is irreversable, however. There are many ways to fix what we have broken, but the most effective way of change is for us, as the basic body of Hip Hop, is to demand a higher quality of music and more originality. Also, we must seek enlightenment as to what it means to be a part of the Hip Hop community.

    Argue if you want, but you all know that I’m right.

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