No. There's no infatuation across the board. You're referring mostly to 90's rappers, who rapped about partying and being at the top of the street game. Most rappers today don't even talk about the mob. You keep talking about Jay Z. lol. Get into this century.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
