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It is obvious that the true HipHop community is going to have to look at its own shortcomings & immaturity, & take responsibility for contributing to its own negative exploitation. However, the fact of the matter is that the real root cause to the challenges we face as a HipHop community do not exclusively stem from us. Most of HipHop’s pressing issues stem from negative corporate exploitation & greed. But what incentives does a greedy recording industry have to change a relationship that seems to be financially beneficial to it? & what incentive does an impoverished, insecure group of artists have to change a relationship that seems to be beneficial to them? Asking or waiting for the recording industry to treat HipHoppas like human beings & not as products is like asking a crack dealer to do something about your crack addiction. IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!