Trip hop's Tricky accuses hip hop over gun and knife crime in Britain
- added May 27, 2008
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The Mercury Prize-nominated trip hop musician and singer, who is based in Bristol, told Uncut magazine: "I love hip hop... But it has to take some responsibility for the gun culture we've got over here. We're getting super-violent."
"You can walk around the Bronx for days on end and nobody bothers you.
"In England, you can say the wrong thing in a pub and, before you know it, you've got a bottle over your head or a bullet in your brain. English people have got quicker tempers."
The interview with Tricky, real name Adrian Thaws, was published as the family of Rob Knox, the latest teenage victim of gun or knife crime, made an emotional statement about his life.
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Take a look at this VC2 pod about knife crime in London.
I believe it is a huge problem here, and needs to be tackled. But is pointing fingers at musical genres really going to make a difference? I think we need to dig deeper.
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yeah, tricky is definitely one of my greatest musical influences & pop rap is really wack because its mostly based on money & guns, but i don't think hip hop is reinforcing the already admittedly quicker tempers of hooligans in london.
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- blackdaylight
- 6 months ago
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it's not down to the music, it's down to the individuals. the music might act as some form of catalyst but it definitely isn't the deciding factor...
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- subsequent
- 6 months ago
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What is it with youth these days? I mean, just this weekend there were fatal stabbings, shootings and beatings. Kids are locked up. Kids are knifing each other. Do they really think violence is acceptable form of offence or defence? I don't think that hip hop is responsible, but it doesn't help that it's sending these messages.
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I agree with Abby and Subsequent. Can we stop pointing fingers at 50 Cent, Marilyn Manson, My Chemical Romance or whatever people listen to?
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Maybe guns and violence have become props to some artists - but in these cases, credit the audience with enough intelligence to know that it's part of an act.
If music expresses the way someone feels - it's better to ask what caused them to feel that way in the first place.
I'd have thought more of Tricky... bit of shame.
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"Credit the audience with enough intelligence to know that it's part of an act"? But some people .don't. have enough intelligence and .do. think they can be cool by imitating hip hop 'musicians'. Yes, rappers don't kill people, but the guy isn't saying that, he's saying that musicians need to start taking responsibility for their fans and present good role models.
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- wannabedoc
- 6 months ago
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If HipHop is a factor in gun and knife crime then those behind the scenes in the industry are closer to the cause of the problem. HipHop, like many aspects of life, has what can be seen as a battle between those who come with a positive message (NYOIL, KRS1, Strange Fruit Project, etc) and those who come with the destruction (NWA, 50cent, etc) and all those grey bits in between. Within the lyrics of those who put forward the positive it is clear that they see and recognise the negative influence that word-sound has on impressionable minds. "Lost generation, fast pace nation, world population confront their frustration, The principles of true HipHop have been forsaken, it's all contractual and about money makin', pretend to be cats don't seem to know their limitation exact replication and false representation, you wanna be a man then stand yer own...." Black Thought, The Roots. It is clear to me that some elements within HipHop are using the Art to express their own self-limitations.
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- globalfaction
- 6 months ago
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO CALM DOWN AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEYRE DOING?
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- CroatianPimp
- 5 months ago
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