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Topic subjectRE: crack & gang violence ravaged the hood while Afrocentric rap was king.
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12730216, RE: crack & gang violence ravaged the hood while Afrocentric rap was king.
Posted by ChanEpic, Wed Feb-18-15 12:10 PM
>>Quick question, do you think twerking in music had anything
>to
>>do with twerking going mainstream and around the world?
>
>i'm not sure twerking went around the world but i'll assume it
>did.
>
>i think music played a part.
>
> If so,
>>what's the difference? Influence is influence.
>
>we do the Electric Slide at weddings b/c of music and videos.
>i think that's cute. i have no problem w/it.
>
>i can't agree that b/c my aunties do the Electric Slide and my
>lil cousins twerk that niggas are shooting each other b/c they
>hear it in music. ppl are able to figure out that they
>shouldn't just blindly repeat every behavior they hear and see
>in music and videos. they do the dances b/c the dances are
>fun. they don't necessarily do the shooting b/c the shooting
>is dangerous and wrong and can have serious consequences. i
>think the shooting is about much more nefarious influence than
>HH music.
>
>in a nutshell, i think the shooting is about a lack of value -
>the shooters don't value the lives of the targets. they don't
>value their communities. b/c they're relatively
>disenfranchised.




Fam all of that you wrote, starting with twerking NOT going around the world after starting in hiphop videos/music is evidence, you're in it for the argument and consider me out of it. You're clowning man...