Death Rap? Or Just Senseless Murder…
A Swedish rapper testified in a Los Angeles courtroom recently, claiming that the murder that he was accused of, was really an act of self-defense.
This goes entirely against eye-witness accounts, who say David “Moses” Jassy, in a fit of road rage, punched an elderly man in the head making him drop to the concrete, kicked him in the head, and then finally got back in his car and ran the man over with his SUV, all at a Hollywood cross walk.
Although the rapper claimed that he had been the “victim”, the way that he marketed himself on his MySpace and through his music, points to a more sinister man. Acting “hard” and describing death in his music as a means of being “manly” is something that the swedish rapper or any rapper for that matter nowadays, has no problem of addressing in their messages.
This asks many to question, where the lines of entertainment and reality are drawn in our society? Has rap become too violent? It’s not like the first time rap has taken the label of being excessively violent, misogynistic, and culturally destructive.
If convicted the rapper, who is also a father, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole….So much for the tough guy.
