Although i do agree that most rappers were probably not real life criminals but there have been many exceptions and also many of the people they hang out with are real life thugs and gangsters and sometimes the labels themselves are just fronts for criminal activity. Heres a thread i created laying out the different label that have been implicated in drug trafficking ,murder and money laundering. http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...true#Post656629
the sopranos isnt a very good reference point because its a fictional tv show.