Anser att en våldsamma texter skapar ett våldsamt samhälle, ber sina kollegor att ta ansvar.
Lupe Fiasco har aldrig varit den som håller inne med vad han tycker. Den här gången ville Lupe Fiasco uttrycka sina känslor om våldet som genomsyrar både många samhällen runtom i USA och hiphop-texter, något han anser hänger ihop. Förra gången Lupe villa prata om våld var på en show i Maryland, men denna gången tog han till twitter och sände ut en flod av tweets om våld i hiphop-texter. Fiasco menade bland annat att våldsamma texter ger lyssnare en positiv förstärkning att utöva negativa handlingar:
“Violent music (and all violent media) effectively says its ‘ok’ to be violent. It provides positive reinforcement for negative actions,” säger Lupe i ett tweet. “If you rap and make violent music then own up to it. Stop hiding behind ‘art imitating life’ as a way to evade the guilt.”
Lupe refererade också till en Dr. Dre-line i Eminems “Guilt Conscience”: “How the hell you gonna tell this man not 2 be violent?, Cuz he dont need to go the same route that I did.” och menar att rappare ska ta ansvar för sina texter och vara ärliga gentemot lyssnarna, sin omgivning och sig själva. Lupe förklarar vidare att han själv har gjort våldsam musik och begått våldshandlingar tidigare i livet, men frågar varför folk fortsätter på samma spår:
“Ive made violent music. Done violent things. Most my friends are violent. Lived in violent neighbors. Seen violence first hand,” säger Lupe “A certain point you start to get tired of it. You ask why? why is it like this? what is causing this? why is this ok to live like this? Then you turn on the news and see that a 12 month old got shot in the face by two teenagers in Georgia for no reason at all.”
En slagkraftig handling från Lupe, som sätter igång en intressant diskussion i samband med vad som händer i det dagliga i många samhällen runtom USA. Twitterutbrottet kan ha en bakgrund både i händelsen som Lupe hänvisar till i sista tweetet, men också 50 Cents kommentarer på tv-kanalen CBS “Sunday Morning”, där Queens-rapparen hävdar att hans musik inte alls glorifierar våld. Om du har tid och lust att läsa listas alla tweet här nedanför:
Violent music (and all violent media) effectively says its “ok” to be violent. It provides positive reinforcement for negative actions.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
If you rap and make violent music then own up to it. Stop hiding behind “art imitating life” as a way to evade the guilt.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
“How the hell you gonna tell this man not 2 be violent?, Cuz he dont need to go the same route that I did”-Eminem & Dr. Dre “Choices”
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
Sorry…”Bad Meets Evil”…
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
“Guilty Conscious”…sorry…lol
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
correct title of the song aside, U know what I meant!The issue stands that violent music puts violence into this world one way or another.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
It creates the atmosphere that violence is an acceptable means to an end. Agree or disagree doesnt really matter at this point honestly.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
But to not even acknowledge the possibility that violent music has even the most minute effect on violence in the world is frankly bullshit.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
Ive made violent music. Done violent things. Most my friends are violent. Lived in violent neighbors. Seen violence first hand.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
A certain point you start to get tired of it. You ask why? why is it like this? what is causing this? why is this ok to live like this?
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
Then you turn on the news and see that a 12 month old got shot in the face by two teenagers in Georgia for no reason at all.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
Then you hear a song on the radio talking about “shooting everyone in sight”…bad times man…fuck…
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
you may not give two shits about the next man and his troubles and thats cool with me…live you life…but I do and most people I know do
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
but dont sit there and act like high ass inner city murder rates are just falling from the sky for absolutely no reason…
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
everything plays a part…EVERYTHING. Take responsibility for the part you play. motherfuckers can at least start there.
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
yeah I got issues. My hood aint been safe in 25 years! At the point now u can die for nothing. just random death and disregard. tired of it
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
I know you don’t hear me. I guess its the LAST desperate act of a desperate man in desperate times. On one…peace…
— Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco) 24 mars 2013
