Just look at all the rappers who steal Mafia names, trying to make their names sound Italian because their own names are dull and boring. Everyone loves to bash the mob, but yet they can't seem to get off their nut sacks.
More accurately, the rappers emulate the mobsters, not Italians in general. I don't see rappers trying to be Italian. In fact rappers are still the face of urban black style and culture, and much of mainstream style and culture. The only part of Italian culture rappers are interested in is the mobsters, and only the most famous bosses. Lucky, Carlo, Gotti, etc. You don't see any rappers calling themselves Lil Pasquale Conti or Young Jimmy Nap. Just the legendary mob names that crossed over to mainstream culture, like Gotti.
