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Mob James expressed concerns over contemporary hip-hop's fixation with glorifying crime, following the controversy surrounding Lil Durk's newly released album. The album includes a track, "Monitoring Me," where Lil Durk declares that he is surrounded by friends who are killers, a statement that raises questions, given his incarceration for a murder-related charge. Mob James pointed out the troubling trend of artists embedding real-life crimes into their lyrics, a phenomenon that harks back to the raw storytelling of groups like N.W.A but with an alarming new depth. Highlighting other artists who have met premature deaths, James observed that today’s artists often entwine their music careers with their street reputations. He emphasizes that this culture of proving oneself in music is self-destructive, as many promising talents fall victim to the violence they articulate.
