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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody
Janzoon is right in that musicians (in this case rappers) are creative people who often affiliate or brush shoulders with those who walk on the dark side of life, but they themselves are not usually thugs.
Thugs & psychopaths aren't usually at the top of the creative heap so its up to the rappers who've dabbled in the street life to tell the story. If only the hardened gangster was allowed to rap his tale, than gangster rap would hardly exist.
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Thank you. What you've just said here is exactly why I've never had the expectation that gangsta rappers were performing autobiographical songs. The kids who devote their time growing up to honing their musical chops are generally not going to be the ones out striking fear into the hearts of everyone in the neighborhood. It's such an obvious thing that there's no need for them to declare it as fiction, just like there's no need for Jimmy Buffett declare that he's not really a smuggler/modern day pirate.