Pure Rap

How come 80% of white youth buy "gangsta rap"?

Is this the reason "gangsta rap" is so popular? Poll: Postive or Gangsta rap?

Public Comments

1. They envy that wild lifestyle. Positive Rap.
2. Because they're idiots.
3. Because their knowledge of rap music is formed through TV and Radio, which is the media, and the media controls people with out a back bone or the ability to think for themselves, that is why. Positive rap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH3hrtp1T84
4. Despite the fact that the majority of American rap artists in the mainstream are black, some statistics indicate that most hip hop record purchasers are white, reflecting demographics and economics. According to musicologist Arthur Kempton, "Today 80 percent of hip-hop is bought by white kids.Boots Riley has criticized these figures, pointing out that they only count SoundScan sales, which exclude the mom-and-pop record stores located in majority black and Latino neighborhoods that major music chains tend to avoid, and thus dramatically underrepresents the number of sales made in such communities. According to political rapper Zion of Zion I, socially conscious hip hop in particular has a majority white audience.In addition to Zion, several other underground rappers such as Boots Riley of The Coup, report nearly all white audiences. The media nowadays is targeting the money. Record companies want money and they dont care where it comes from.