Was Rap Music Intentionally Debauched by the Powers-That-Be?
The embedded video is of conspiracy theorist Mark Dice reading a letter dubbed "the Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation" . In it, someone who claims to be a music industry insider alleges that, in the early 1990s, mainstream rap music was intentionally saturated with violence, criminal behavior and drug abuse (i.e. " gangsta rap ") to inspire listeners (particularly in this case African-Americans) to commit more crime and consequently be incarcerated in private prisons that profit based on the amount of prisoners they hold. Thus the people who are promoting the gangsta rap are the same ones who own shares in the private prisons - an outstanding yet plausible allegation. For those who may have read what I've written about the impacts of mainstream rap music on listeners in the past, you would know that I also point out the late 1980s / early 1990s as a turning point in rap music, where songs of violence and sex took over what once...