Is Rap, the heart of Britain’s gun and knife culture?

Yes you did read that right, this was the topic of a discussion from that well known authority on Hip Hop - The Sun newspaper. Reading it there were some real choice comments, but my favorite had to be this one, which I include for a shining example of breathtaking ignorance. It makes some amazingly bad generalisations.

“Of course it is, it seems that a large percentage of those under 40 think it’s ‘cool’ to be ‘bad’. This is because ‘urban culture’ - the euphemism for western black culture - has been promoted by a political/cultural elite in politics/education and in the entertainment industry. It is a political/cultural orthodoxy which negates white european ethnic and cultural identity. Thus, those who are most susceptible to this cultural domination - the young, poor, uneducated (but not always so, by any means - think of the cultural ‘movers and shakers’ in the media) take on this identity in the absence of their own being given ‘respect’. You’ll find most of the perpetrators of ‘bad’ behaviour and attitude walking and talking like ‘dey is black’. Nah wot ah mean!”

Maybe I missed something but since when was urban culture, a euphanism for black culture? and clearly, If you are poor, of course you are subject to cultural domination.

What a load of shit. I wish people would consider the argument and not look at things in such a blinkered way. People are entitled to their opinions dont get me wrong, but not when the foundations of their arguments are based on total rubbish, or just assumptions about massive swathes of society.

Maybe it never occurred to some, that people use their own brain, and make their own choice when picking up a knife, to blame it on music is a tired scapegoat for other problems in society.