Yeah, this is a sad state of affairs. But you must keep in mind that there have always been people like this. It all comes down to the parents to teach their children from right and wrong and guide them through their early years. A child who has been taught properly by their parents would realize that all those rappers and such are fake and don't mean anything. All this responsibility lies on the parent(s)' shoulders. But in today's society where many households are broken with only one parent and multiple children it's hard to do all that...it's all flocked up. Since the entertainers (it's a stretch calling them that) are much more extreme than earlier times, the parents need to be more vigilant. The companies promoting these artists (a stretch to call them that too ) should take an active part in making sure that kids get the message that this is just music and nothing more. Every generation has had this sort of problem and it's just a fad. It'll die out (hopefully) and be replaced by something else. I mean, this kind of like the movie and video game violence affecting children debate. Kids watch and play the games but very few of them actually those things out.