Hip-Hop Culture

Hip-hop is a subculture within the United States.  As within any other subculture, tragedy plays a huge role in the influence of behavior.  As a form of self-expression, hip-hop lyrics and films depict the lives of urban citizens striving to identify with others through artistic forms.  It is a vicious circle which depicts the lives of everyday urban individuals while also fueling the fire to inspire new atrocities on a daily basis.  However, with media representation as a form of self-expression, it would be extremely hard and somewhat unjust to attempt to censor their work out of fear of inspiring new crime.