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"The subject matter inherent in gangsta rap has caused a great deal of controversy. Criticism has come from both left wing and right wing commentators, as well as religious leaders, who have accused the genre of promoting crime, serial killing, violence, profanity, sex addiction, homophobia, racism, promiscuity, misogyny, rape, street gangs, drive-by shootings, vandalism, thievery, drug dealing, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, disregarding law enforcement, materialism, and narcissism.

“Many black rappers—including Ice-T and Sister Souljah—contented that they are being unfairly singled out because their music reflects deep changes in society not being addressed anywhere else in the public forum. The white politicians, the artists complain, neither do they understand the music nor have the desire to hear what’s going on in the devastated communities that gave birth to the art form,” wrote journalist Chuck Philips in a review of the battle between the Establishment and defenders of rap music. “The reason why rap is under attack is because it exposes all the contradictions of American culture…what started out as an underground art form has become a vehicle to expose a lot of critical issues that are not usually discussed in American politics. The problem here is that the White House and wanna-bes like Bill Clinton represent a political system that never intends to deal with inner city urban chaos,” Sister Souljah told Philips.

On the other hand, some commentators have criticized gangsta rap as analogous to black minstrel shows and blackface performance, in which performers—both black and white—where made up to look African American, and acted in a stereotypically uncultured and ignorant matter for the entertainment of audiences. Gangsta rappers often defend themselves by saying that they are describing the reality of inner-city life, and that they are only adopting a character, like an actor playing a role, which behaves in ways that they may not necessarily endorse. Gangsta rappers appear hardcore and “badder” compared to the early concepts and themes of hip-hop because they were saying what some people were afraid to say. In this world of gangsta rap, there exist the emotion and perspective of marginalized people that are constantly overlooked and are constantly berated and belittled by society. Gangsta rap was a side effect to the various wrongdoings that were being done to black people in underprivileged neighborhoods."

By the way, we have to end human self-objectification. We have to build and sustain more community centers, more talent shows, more after-care programs, more civic participation, more community organizing, more Community-based management, more Community buildings, more Community economic development, more Community development planning, more community-based activities, more grassroots movements, and more community constructive populism. 

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