I can relate to what Bill is saying but the name calling and labeling is uncalled for and ignorant . True enough that the rap crap has had a great amount of poisoning on the youth , but for you all that lack the knowledge of what real Hip Hop is and to say that all Hip Hop is bad is just plain ignorant . Real Hip Hop is people like Talib Kweli , Mos Def , Pharoah Monch , Nas , Black Thought etc I could go on all day ... but those few I named really pump out some positive musc . Become more open minded to other peoples culture than just your own. I agree that bling crap and rims and all that stuff is pretty usless to lust for in life. Sometimes people tend to call something ignorant or stupid because they have never expierenced it or know what its like to be in a that certain position . I was born and raised in Jamaica (Queens) NY all my life I've seen somethings as a child that no child should ever expierence , I grew up in a poverty struck area. Its hard as heck to try and remain positive and be yourself when the people around you think because of the things you do are different or not cool to them that they feel that you cant be respected . Me I used to get bullied at school and cats used to clown me all the time because I was black and I skateboared, dressed different , listened to alot of Punk, D'n'B , Techno and stuff same thing happend to me in my neighborhood , I could have easily become negative and idulge and poison myself in the lustful sins that they thought was cool . I guess the point I'm trying to make is that mental poison is far more worse than any drug and that sometimes a person's enviorment can force them to live a certain way and about time they get older it's too late that stuff is solderd into their brain , and ofcourse that if a child is being raised by poisoned parents and the people around them are also poisoned then basically that child is gonna become poisoned . I just thank God that my mom raised me to be very moral and that she's a God loving woman . And for the wannabe gangster home boy thugs with their bling and stuff I think they should be taught a lesson drop them off in any hood near you with all their bling and fancy clothes on for a weekend and watch how quick they get robbed . Peace stay positive spread love and hate racism dont even label a person by their skin color its only a skin color lol