First I want to say how much I respect DMC for talking about all the weed Run DMC smoked back in the day and how much he used to drink. Its just goes to show that he, the group and properly the label had the sense to keep their private lives and image separate from the public eye. As adults were free to do what we want and it's just common sense that we keep certain things out of site of impressional eyes.

I tend to look at anyone who has power to put out records to blame. As well as the artist that decides to go ahead with what the record label wants. I also believe that groups or labels that come out portraying a negative image are to blame. And what I mean is if your quick to put on a persona of a gangster, thug, drug dealer and glamourize that life style without an actually narrative to the music you're making, then in my opinion you're just doing it because your main concern is to make money.

I that there's a different between the old school and the new school of what we call gangsta rap. Because when I listened to Ice T, his music tends to have a message. And to me NWA was more sensationalized in there approach when they and Ice T are similar in image and content. Just have to mention that I think Ice Cube's music in his early solo career was a lot more meaningful.

The only person I think of right now that escapes blame would be Chuck D. I'm sure there are others but I'm trying to think of who hasn't done anything terribly wrong.