The Violence of Hip-Hop

     Writer Brent Staples, who has a doctorate in psychology from the University of Chicago, writes a very interesting article about how Hip-Hop Music Lost Its Way and Betrayed Its Fans (this also happens to be the title of his article). This article is very interesting to me because I am a fan of hip-hop, and wanted to know more about what he had to say. 
     Starting off, he made some good points, and included a strong back story to back up his writing. He did a good job in writing professionally, however, it was from his standpoint of view. In writing about how hip-hop lost his way, I believe that writing from a psychology view is not the way to go. I take it that he is not a fan of hip-hop by the way he talks about it, and is stand in the matter, so who is he to judge that hip-hop lost its way? 
     Hip-hop is a genre of music, so naturally it has its selected amount of fans. It may have started out in one way and evolved to what it is today, but don't most things in the world "evolve" to be more modern? Music, writing, technology, they all evolve and change to keep up with what the people want and need. 
     I can understand that he wants to talk about how violence is affecting the people in the wrong way, but most of the rappers come from violence. That is what makes rap and hip-hop the genre that it is. I think that he makes some very good points, but then again, you can "hate" on a lot of things based on violence, that doesn't mean that it will lead to bad things, or good things. Our world is more violent today, and the people in it...the very people who rap and sing about it. 
     Brent comes from a good place, but he cannot make a very fair argument with simple facts and stories. Only the fans of the hip-hop genre can truly judge if this type of genre has lost its way. And as for the the betraying its fans part...well, I am still a fan!