The Downfall Of Hip-Hop, Is History Repeating Itself?

Could this be a crack in the foundation of the government's attempts to control the masses?
Or is it all just a dirty industry hungry for the money?
Maybe both?

Original YouTube version here:
https://youtu.be/5jqd79Jf35s

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Sources:

@Deathkittyy8 ‘s background photo credit:
Shutterbug Lauri

That Secret Witness TV:
https://youtu.be/39gTN4x-91A?si=1bidVhN9hqPn1NWu

Letter from Hip Hop is Read:
https://www.hiphopisread.com/2012/04/secret-meeting-that-changed-rap-music.html

For prison rates & graph over time of percentages of incarcerations:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States

For numbers on nonviolent crime:
https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs

The Sentencing Project [details about private prison] :
https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/private-prisons-in-the-united-states/

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