lol @ this, sure some shit existed before hip hop, but its on a more wide scale than it was because now its publicized and on every tv show radio station and video game. now everyone is exposed to it, and exposure numerous times shows results, thats how commercials work, and thats how listening to violent hip hop all the time works. and black on black crime is only due to society in the sense that society excepts and stands up for hip hop with dumbass rants like this, thus making it look cool to carry weapons to even the youngsters that are 8 or 9 years of age because they have access to bet or mtv, then they get exposed to it for years till they actually do it. now, whos fault is this, the white mans? yes, of coarse, because he always holds blacks down. that right there was a bit sarcastic, but whitey does have blame in this. he not only buys most of the rap cds thus deciding what sells, he also controls airways to control whats on tv. but heres the catch, rappers and record label owners are at fault as well. record labels manipulate artists into doing what sells, they dont have to but they do, cause their just as greedy as the higher white man, then the artist complies, cause hes greedy as fuck too, and wants his cut. same with everyone else involved in the making of hip hop, besides a few that have kept it true. so in short, its everyones fault, its hip hops fault, whiteys fault, and the artists fault (usually black) blah, there u go