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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3893833" data-attributes="member: 48965">Good for you...what is the point of this as far as what I said?Okay first off my name isn't Gold chain and Jogging suit, Hardknock Life or Chicago Badass...I'm asking that if you quote me you use my name...apparently you couldn't think of any witty pseudo-name for me with the first quote...so why don't you keep it that way with everything else I post that you quote.  I'm addressing you in a respectful manner and I expect the same.  As far as the above quote...read it again,  I'm talking about real gangbangers/drug dealers/whatever.  And yeah the vast majority of them aren't living in mansions, and don't have exspensive toys.  Where's the dissconnect here?Now keep up because here I'm talking about rappers you know like 50 cent., Jay-Z, etc.  When was the last time one of them was convicted of committing a drive-by?  Or sent to prison for distribution of illegal substances?  Is there violence in the life of a rapper?  Yep, there's violence in everyones life, but when you live in a mansion, have hired bodyguards, are doing corny commercials and make the type of money most of them do, it's hard to believe the level of violence they interact with on a daily basis is anywhere near what their music makes it seem.  *sigh*, let me try and answer this, as I hope you are really looking for discussion of this and not just trying to goad me into an argument (which is where I really feel you want this whole discussion to go).  The same way James Bond =/= "the exploits of a real secret agent", yet you could base a "secret agent"  game off the impropable events that take place in the Bond movies and even throw it a more realistic curve if you want with a little research.  Thus I can take the impropable depiction of street-life alot of gangsta rappers project and toss in my own experiences to make it, IMHO, more realistic in my eyes.This quote made no sense as nowhere did I claim that rap has no violence, no money and no fame.  Where did I say this?</blockquote>

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