Hip-Hop To Blame For Derrion Albert's Murder?

The brutal September murder of Derrion Albert left many of us scratching our heads, wondering who we could blame for such a senseless act.  Was it simply a mob mentality?  Was poverty to blame?  Turf wars? Ignorance? Or, was it the music?  One rapper says it was the music.

Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco says Hip-Hop should take some of the blame for Derrion's murder.  Lupe says Hip-Hop promotes negative things like violence.  In an interview with Chicago radio station WGCI, Lupe said more of his fellow rappers need to step up to the plate.

“Hip-Hop has to take some fault for that. Just in the fact that the amount of violence and the amount of negativity that's in Hip-Hop and the music, it attributes to so much that goes on, negatively, in the hood.”

Lupe went on to say the more positive stuff, sadly, can't seem to find a place on mainstream radio.

“It lacks entertainment value. It lacks a certain kind of hype around it. A certain “coolness” about it. So it doesn't fit on the radio.”

Lupe said he hasn't been doing enough to use his celebrity to promote more of a positive message to kids.  One person who has been using his street cred in the Chi is Twista, who met with some of the young people who were there for Derrion's beating death.
 
So, what's your call... should rappers and other entertainers become more involved in promoting a positive element to kids?  Or, is it the parents' job?  Does it still "take a village?"
 
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