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The Cancer of Hip Hop
"Hopefully history doesn’t repeat itself because it is somewhat reminiscent of the 2Pac and Biggie beef."
By Oliver Rodriguez
I believe hip hop has been diagnosed with cancer. Since 50 Cent stepped on the rap scene with his first album “Get Rich or Die Tryin”, which sold over 11 million copies worldwide. His latest album “The Massacre” dropped on March the first, was a typical 50 album with the negative lyrics which discussed guns, violence, drugs, sex and degrading women.
I know 50 Cent isn’t the only rapper reciting negative lyrics, but he is the most popular and with that comes responsibility. Although I don’t like it, 50 Cent basically represents the hip hop community and by him glorifying the gangster lifestyle and posing on magazines covers with crossbows, it is giving hip hop a worse reputation that it already has.
Though 50 Cent’s beats are hot and lyrics are catchy, I believe he is the cancer of hip hop. In his latest album, he is causing more tension in the rap game when he takes stabs at Fat Joe, Jadakiss, and Nas in a track called “Piggy Bank” and I feel he is spreading negativity into the rap game.
Hopefully history doesn’t repeat itself because it is somewhat reminiscent of the 2Pac and Biggie beef, where two rappers had to be killed before the hip hop world realized it wasn’t worth it.
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