Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
As for the "moral story," PLEASE stop this excuse. ANYBODY can relate to a rags to riches story. Not just rappers.
Ok, all I was doing was stating an opinion shared amongst the hip-hop community, not my own. Someone wanted to know why rappers relate to it, so I stated why. Whether it makes sense to us or not, that
is why they flaunt the damn movie so much. Do I like it? No, but its not my place to say they can't "relate" to it. I share many of the opinions mentioned above (save the ignorant racial slurs). It may not make sense that they "relate" to it because of the "rags to riches" backdrop, but then again, nothing rappers do really makes sense.
don vencent...
Yes, some of the comments above were bordering on racism, but that shouldn't suggest that if one hates the fact that rappers flaunt
Scarface, that means their racist. There's no logic to that thinking. I live in a place where racism is still
verrrrry prevailent (sp?), and it comes from both sides. Most people raised around here are brought up to be racist, but I learned at a young age to not judge people based on color. I'm not judging these rappers based on their race or ethnicity. I'm judging based on their character, which, I'm sorry to say, is not very appealing.