You'll never completely eradicate the stereotypes in rap music, because they are already way too ingrained in our minds, and you'll always have some rappers that do rap about guns and hos. The way I see it, lyrical content will be cyclical - we have had a long time now that has been majorly about the 'gangsta' lifestyle, with the guns and hos stuff.
But I wonder what happens in another 10 years? What happens when every rapper thats coming out wants to be like Mos Def, Common, Lupe Fiasco? I am almost certain that there will be a rapper who comes out, talking majorly about the guns and hoes, and the world will proclaim it as 'the re-birth of gangsta rap'.
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