Many rappers are criminals. Kids see successful rap artists and they feel their wealth and fame gives them legitimacy.
Money make a pimp, pimp hoes, hustlas sell dope, thugs gun smoke
What (echo)
Money make the world go round, as the world turns
Money make the world go round, as the world turns
Nigga I need money to maintain...
50 Cent
That's my name
Teenagers want to be free of restritctions, are more rebellious in nature and against the establishment. They eat it up. That is where we come in - to be that filter. We need to impose restrictions if we don't want to be Americanized and turn into a Jerry Springer society.
A person has to be 18 years old to buy cigarettes, rent X-rated movies, or get into a strip bar/night club, and 19 for alcohol. There are age limits on these things that can endanger young people and there should be an age limit on buying albums with explicit lyrics on them. Even though there is a warning label on the album, they can still buy it because there is no law to prohibit sale.
How long must we bury our heads in the sand and think Toronto is a suburb. Let's wake up and start treating these thugs like you would any high risk criminal at large, biker gang or mafia.
Sign our petition and make noise against gangsta rap and violence in Canada. I am trying to build the biggest petition ever and take it to the new Prime Minister. Our voices will be heard.
Anita L. Barber
