As shockingas gangster rap can be, in terms of the lifestyleit seems to promote, you've...

[gunshots] Louis narrates: As shocking
as gangster rap can be, in terms of the lifestyle
it seems to promote, you've also got to remember
that's the world that many rappers
have grown up in, that's what they've seen all
around them in the projects, but at the same time
it is also true that, in putting so much emphasis
on authenticity, there's a real danger that
the music ends up, kind of making being a gangster
a hallmark of realness, that that's something you almost
have to aspire to be