i think it's quite clear that gangsta rap, on the real hardcore more underground side, glorifies the violence and the lifestyle. in doing that, it would affect the way that people from deprived, gangland backgrounds view the lifestyle into which they have been born.
sure, it is true that it may not take somebody from a more privileged background and encourage them to become a drug-dealer, but it sure ain't doing much good for people who grow up in environments that make it almost certain they'll end up in a gang of some sort. in glorifying the lifestyle, it leads such people, rather than taking positive measures to try to get out of it, to rather just accept it as a part of life and a matter of course.
completely denying its effect on people from impoverished, gang-laden backgrounds is absurd and i can't see for a second how anybody could do so.
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