Kiddjiss

music could be on the horizon pending the outcome of a police investigation of a New Year's Day brawl in Reading, England.



According to the Reading Evening Post, authorities are looking into whether gangsta rap played a role in a fight that took place at 2:30 a.m. at Café du Sport.



A 24-year-old man was gouged in the head with a broken bottle as the ruckus moved from inside the club to outside the venue at St. Mary's Butts.



Officers, who tried to control the assault by using spray, were also attacked.



An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm following the brawl. He is currently released on bail until Feb. 1.



The cause of the incident, which involved 20 people, will be looked into next week when town centre inspector John Relph meets with the manager of Café du Sport.



If the music played at the club that night attracted a "hardcore minority of thugs", Relph will consider a ban on that music.



"If the general consensus throughout all town centre bars and clubs is that the heavier side of R'n'B, Hip-Hop and gangsta rap music attracts violence, Thames Valley Police will look into banning it," the inspector told the Evening Post. "The matter will first be discussed in depth with PubWatch, which overlooks clubs and bars in Reading."



Despite Relph's claims, Colin Charles, the promoter of the Café du Sport event, said the music played that night should not take the blame for violent behavior.



"This type of R'n'B is played in bars across Reading all the time and has nothing to do with gangsta rap music," he told the paper. "I have never experienced violence like this at one of my events before. The police are out of touch if they think old skool R'n'B and funky house from the 90s will make people violent. If anything should be banned from the town centre, it should be under 21-year-olds, trainers and sportswear - then you'll see a massive reduction in trouble.

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•••BWS•••

if they banned gangsta rap worldwide you would see a huge drop in the amount of gang members black on black crime etc in a short amount of time. . the only reason the niggas in the u.k are dressing, having gangs and starting to beef with each other like that is because its transported through music, videos and d.v.d's - if rap was banned in the u.k from the get go then they wouldnt be having these problems, and in theory from a politicans point of view hip hop needs to be banned in the u.s . .its basically a promotion of illegal behaviour

Kiddjiss

Maybe but my man we all know its not raps fault theres gangs... u should know that everywhere theres poverty theres gangs and shit... cuz thats wht they know... thats all they know... UK aint different and banning rap isnt gonna change shit

vendettaz

What the fuck? The Charter of Rights and Freedoms PROTECTS that kind of discrimination. When you're banning a whole type of music, that mostly is a way of expression of the black community, you're indeed doing a huge discrimination. You cannot do so! It's prohibited, and against the law. They gonna tell me now that gangsta rap is causing violence in clubs now? Ok then, what about PUNK, HEAVY METAL, ETC, that praise violence MUCH MUCH MUCH more that gangsta rap, the skulls, the fire, etc...
What about Jackass shows, with Steve O, and fellows, that cause ruckus everywhere they go?!
Honestly banning any kind of music is unfair. Unless they ban everything!
They gonna tell me that clubs and cafes will turn to Opera concerts and classic music? This just doesn't make sense!

•••BWS•••

since when did making music that promotes gang violence, gun crime, drug taking , general crime, black on black violence, and prejudice to women appear on the charter of rights? . .making music that discusses such topics is generally fine . .but when people promote these things to the youth and distort there vision becomes a different topic

Kiddjiss

BWS im not sure i get wht ur tryna say here... ever since ive been on this forum im seeing u down with Game and BWS and that whole west coast gangbangin gangsta rap... and now u agree with banning this music? or at least ur saying that if they banned they have a reason... but since when speaking the truth about a situation u lived or ppl u know did is criminal and should be banned? If youth are badly influenced into comminting crimes bcz of wht they hear... thats pure parental neglect thats it... I always listened to rap since i was 9 years old... my parents knew i listened to rap... they thaught me to appreciate it without becoming some guy u see on cops

vendettaz

My friend, music is a type of expression. It's a way of expressing yourself. I don't care what the content can be. The Charter defends everyone's rights and freedoms. Singing about what you lived, what happened, what you did, is not promoting it. 50 Cent and Eminem are the first ones to tell you on the whole interviews that you're stupid if you do what you listen to!

LCFC 21

no fuckin way---- i disagree with getting rid of gangster rap would stop gang crime-and how the fuck could they ban it wouldnt be possible

•••BWS•••

there is a difference about music you make about experiences in your life, and being a multi millionaire that surrounds himself with ex fbi agents for security and then releases music to the masses and making it cool to have guns, take drugs and be overall a "gangsta" which basicallly resolves to commiting various crimes . . now not only is it morally incorrect but it also distorts truth and effects young peope mainnly black into buying into this culture which then leads to these crimes which then lead to taking peoples basic freedoms of being able to live without getting shot, stabbed, beat up

•••BWS•••

because 90% of rappers that make these songs arent doing anything of what there saying there all millionaires, surround themselves with security and then preach these topics which they have nothing to do with and over exsadurate . .the smart hip hop fans i.e myself and others know that what there saying is bullshit most of the time . .but other young people get caught up in the bullshit and it basically glamourises GUNS DRUGS CRIME WITH MONEY . . .

LCFC 21

^ ye your right its no secret it glamarises street life and ye for them fabricates the truth - but so does tv film video games so they cant jus specifically ban gangsta rap an think all these kids in the uk are gonna go home an have a happy familly life playin coinnect four lisnin to cliff richard- the problem is bigger than gangsta rap i bet its david camerons bright ideas

Kiddjiss

cosign with that dude... it aint only rap... its the video games, the movies and the lifestyle... how many young dudes do i see on the street wearing the godfather shirt or some scraface shirt... now i am a big scarface movie fan but i know im not gonna do same as him... u tell me hip hop makes ppl dream of the coke life? wht about scarface? I bet theres more ppl who seen scarface than ppl who listen to gangsta rap.. i dont agree at all with these mesures... u cannot ban one thing and let other things just keep on going..

Smartz

I dunno if your from U.K or ever lived out here but i do lemme tell you something real quick, drugs, gun crime, black on black violence has always been happening since way back its only more in the news now because the younger generation are now alot more involved. The issues is not to do with "Rap Music" thats a ignorant political answer blame it on the music or the games or movies it all comes down to being a product of your environment if you know no better you'll be no better straight up. There needs to be more oppertunity for young black males the system fails them time and time again untill thats changed its gonna be the same shit for many more years to come.

•••BWS•••

yeah its not just rap ..video games, movies etc . . it all needs to be censored more . .i video games and movies are censored and even banned if there too violent . . but hip hop isnt. . .it just need more censorship . .

•••BWS•••

and how did that "enviroment" occur? it doesnt just appear . .that enviroment is placed there by the people who live there . .and the people who live there are the people that listen to hip hop etc and there people that rap about shooting each other etc

Smartz

So are you telling me that some 16 years olds parents who moved to the uk in the early 70's listened to rap music about violence etc lived thats life their child picked it up and they are the reason there area is under developed run down and is under the national poverty line? Surely not buddy.

LCFC 21

lol ye scarface is like the bible of gangster films its the greatest. I meen i no about this shit affecting people my friend was killed by someone who reanacted a manhunt scene it got the game banned in the uk. but ye i agree with it is a product of your enviroment because how many kids with a good upbringing and ina good community do this shit

Kiddjiss

ah cmon movies arent censored and video games neither... i use to watch texas chain saw massacre when i was 13 and the movie was flagged 16 and over.. same thing with video games... my lil bro is 14 and he went out and bought gta san andreas and it was flagged 17 and over and there was no problem... like the guy selling u the game or letting u go watch the movie dosent give a shit... he just wanna make his money

THE JUMP OFF

nah they aint gonna ban gangster rap!
evan if they do it aint gonna change shit!

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zideeq

who fucking wrote the title, this is so fucking stupid, this ain't no ban in the UK, god, your fucking news is pure bullshit....

allhiphop, here i come

kevin413

i only got one thing 2 say............. "Aint Nothin To It Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" -Ice Cube

kevin413

and either way damn all i can say is listen to Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It by Ice Cube damn all he said was so fuckin true yo 4real there was crime and everythin b4 gangsta rap and hip hop and always will be

Woodysimba

man evy1 says gangsta rap made him do this gangsta rap is the reason why ppl die n take drugs

ppling have been killin people since the start of the earth before rap was around

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MrCatchaTemper

Art imitates life not tha other way around.....why wasnt alc to blame hur,cuz I kno ive bin in mo fights when Ive bin drunk then sober.....