Hi Soror,
I hear you. What made me think that Joan might have a point is that it seems more serious to actually abuse alcohol and drugs than merely making up the act of doing it and putting it in a song or say the internet thread, for example. I agree that if they aren't actually abusing the substances then it isn't an issue. I guess the assumption is that they are doing what they say that they are doing, which may not be the case as Soror Sophist08ed pointed out.
I guess the issue then is whether they are actually abusing drugs and alcohol as they claim and if so, what is the reason, if any? If not, then it's all a sham and no need for concern. lol.
SC
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Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte
I haven't read the book. However, I am a hip-hop head and I'd say that I don't think that artists are proud of being from "abandoned by parents, death of friends" etc, however they ARE proud that they SURVIVED these things. I don't think their messages are "It's so great to be from a broken home, don't you wish you had crackhead parents?" But moreso "I came from a hood where all I saw was crackheads, prostitutes and I had to sell drugs to survive, but I made it out alive and now I'm rich."
Do I think that their depressed? Hmmm, probably, but I think MOST Americans are, lol. I think that coming from their backgrounds they have reason to be depressed and just cause to have "issues". I see their communicating it in song no different than someone writing it in their journal or ranting in the "open letter" thread of an internet message board.
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