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Homosexuality In Hip-hop Is An Extension Of Homosexuality In The Black Community. The Black Community Is Very, Very Conservative When It Comes To Homosexuality, And I Don't Mean Conservative In The Good Way, Like We're Saving Money. I Mean Very Intolerant.

The Materialism, The Brashness, The Misogyny - Everything In Hip-hop Is Amplified. Misogyny Is A Good Example Of Something That Is Completely Amplified In Hip-hop. I Do Think There Is More Than Enough Of A Balance, Though, For Fans Who Are Willing To Search It Out.

What Else Is Stop And Frisk? These Neighborhoods Are Unsafe Not Because There's Not Enough Cops Illegally Frisking People. They're Not Safe Because Of Economic Conditions. They're Not Safe Because Of All Types Of Things In The Government That People Like Mike Bloomberg And Ray Kelly Should Be Looking To Fix Instead Of Randomly Searching Kids In The Hood. If You Go To A College Campus And You Do Stop And Frisk, You're Going To Find A Lot Of Drugs There, Too.

Artists Make Art For Themselves. Art Is An Honest Expression. Artists Who Pander To Their Fans By Trying To Make Music "for" Their Fans Make Empty, Transparent Art. The True Fan Does Not Want You To Make Music For Them, They Want You To Make Music For You, Because That's The Whole Reason They Fell In Love With You In The First Place.

But You Have To Be Creative On How You Sell Yourself And Market Yourself.