Yiggles Moto wrote:
Synthic wrote:
This is why hiphop culture is such a negative influence. It promotes all this drug use, makes it seem like a trendy thing to do
Most of his lyrics are talking about just getting fucked up and dying. Hardly sounds like he's promoting the use of it too much. If you plan on replying to this with a counter-argument, how about you just say RIP and move along instead. He already died due to the drug problem and suicidal thoughts portrayed in his lyrics, this isn't the thread for you to pop in with the "i told you so" & "drugs are bad mkay" No shit it's bad. He's dead.
I think one could say that creativity and extreme self-expression is linked to this, the relative OD/suicide percentage is extreme among these people.
I'd say there is a difference between people that "artistically" encourage drug abuse etc, and people who talk about their struggles with it artistically as a means of self-expression.
The former just talks about it because it's easy income and I wouldn't see them committing suicide (eg. 50 Cent), but truly creative people like Kurt Cobain would. I'd say it goes hand in hand, sadly.