The Rap Era is a Farce

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Why did they have to make it a gang thing? Tupac. Biggie Smalls. Suge Knight. Why did it have to be a gang thing? They were making money. They were getting recognition. They were getting air play. It was East Coast vs. West Coast. WHY? Why did the rap culture and the rap scene have to become that? Power. Influence. Fame. Notoriety. Yet, at the end of the day it became us vs. them. Who controls the airwaves? Who controls the rap scene? Who should win and who should lose? Why? And before you knew it, just like a scene out of the Godfather, guns blazed. They make it sound like it was all some noble thing and that all the people in the scene were noble people. But it was chaos. It was madness. It was dysfunctional. Were these guys heroes? Really? Were they? Or were they just thugs? Thugs with some fame. Thugs with some money. Why could they not embrace what they had? What they had accomplished? Why did it have to become a power grab? What was the purpose of it? And again, people died. And why do some continue to embrace the era as something other than it was. A gang war thrust into the limelight. People who had no interest in being popular for their music. But people who wanted to be the next Al Capone. The next big tough guy. The next... Gangsta.