It depends on what music you listen to and what films you view. I think that non-mainstream hip hop artists definitely reflect the atrocities faced in urban life. Following that same pattern, I believe that non-mainstream films, AKA independent films, also do a good job of reflecting urban atrocities that many people face. Both of those types of text also do a great job of displaying the true artistry and intelligence that lies in the minds of those music and film producers.
On the other hand, I believe that many mainstream films and hip hop songs, ones that don't really talk about anything and their message does not really serve a civic purpose, are put out into the mainstream to illustrate a backwards, skewed image of what hip hop culture is all about. In other words, mainstream hip hop texts reinforce negative stereotypes.
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