Rapper Gives His Theory on Why Negative Hip-Hop Keeps Selling

Wise Intelligent from Poor Righteous Teachers lays out his theory on why hip-hop is so negative and self-destructive.  He argues that negative messages that black males share with one another are partly driven by the desire to put their social conscience to sleep.  Watch the video below, or you can see it by clicking here.

 

 

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