I honestly have no opinions about this conversation in class. Honestly I'm kind of disgusted with what's being discussed right now. I think it's just because I've grown up knowing that some people are just stuck in that lifestyle. Not all people that are apart of the "thug/gangster/hustler" life chose to be in that life. Sometimes it's generational, and it's an inheritance type of deal. It just really bothers me when people think that, that lifestyle is all full of glamour, money and girls because it's not at all.
What people are ignorant about is the fact that, that lifestyle is sometimes associated with poverty, hardship wondering whether or not you will get your next meal and sacrifice. And when I hear kids who are absolutely clueless about that lifestyle in general and they speak of wanting to be "about that life" it irritates me to the max.
Don't get me wrong I am not making excuses for people who are apart of that life, because some do choose to be affiliated with it. But that's there problem.
Matthew Murray
Good points, Matthew, and I agree. The "image" of the "playa" or the "hustla" is glamorized and glorified - making it seem like something very attractive. This is all done in order to $ell records. It is dangerous when society buys into this image and wants to emulate it.
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