community, most of the rap music that is produced by, you know, the larger music companies like interscopelly produce music, particularly rap music for middle class suburban white youth who are intrigued with inner city black life. the problem is their spin on what is happening in the hood so to speak kind of contributes to this climate of gangsterrism, you know, gang banging, you know, the kind of mentality that is exacerbated with poverty and lack of opportunities and hopelessness. so i think the real big issue is that we should be concerned about the culture and climate that the music creates and the spirit of that music within the community. >> krzysztof when you were there, did you get the sense that these narratives just sort of reinforce the climate? reinforce the behavior. almost normalize it? because you hear it in the music and talking about it. >> they are seeing it and living it every single day, regardless of the music. i think that's the reality. it's there every day. i have talked to these kids who saw people getting shot when they were -- you know, 12 years old, 4 years old