In some cases, yes it is. But, if you pay attention to what's going on around you, you will see that life imitates art in a lot of cases. For example, how many folks around the Bay started wearing stunna shades, doin' the Thizz face, and poppin' E pills on a regular basis? I know an assload of people, and that's just in one city. That's just one example.
I'm a rap artist...I do blame drug dealers for sellin' the shit...but I also blame my fellow artists for puttin' it out there like there's nothin' wrong with it. We have a responsibility. It doesn't matter if our music reaches a thousand people, or a million people...'cause shit spreads like wildfire. Yea, we can blame the government for putting the drugs there...but what's the point in that if you're out doin' the shit too? Not to mention the artists that are speaking out against capitalistic drug dealing, but doin' lines inbetween takes. Isn't that kind of fucked up. Rap music has lost it's substance and stance against wrong in the world....that's just a fact.