Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights

This could almost be another thread, but we're on the same page here. I'm not sure who "spawned" it either. But it was most definately the media that glorified it, and made it acceptable. And it's not just the inner city kids. I see a lot of white suburban "Gangstas". Granted...the suburban wannabes aren't really "living" it, they're only emulating it, but it's still part of the overall glorification. I find it all very pathetic. But...I'm old.

Jeff Foxworthy said it best; "If you're mother still drives you to school, you ain't no "Gangsta". Pull up your pants."