RIP MF DOOM The villain was and still is my hero

it all depends on the environment and energy you surround yourself with.

k dot doesn't get shot at. cole doesn't get shot at. big krit doesn't get shot at. Play gangsta or become an addict your life expectancy drops.

Great message in this video. You manifest what you feed. Stay positive, stay high vibrational and leave the hood. You can support your less privileged family and friends, from the comforts of your new comfortable lifestyle, away from the hood. 💯

Being a rapper isn’t dangerous, being a gangster is

Boosie said most rappers get killed in their own cities.

It's literally because of the internet, jealousy/hatred, fake love from fake friends, depression/loneliness, and too much exposure to oneself.

Being a rapper is not dangerous. Being a criminal is dangerous

Fascination with darker side of life is a massive understatement.

damn that miller interview was depressing; saying he "had" a drug problem while rocking the raspy dope voice.

i never see pop artists dying at the same rate as these rappers

so this is how hip hop dies. all rappers get robbed and killed until they all either die, retire or never come outsde.

It’s sad that a lot of these artist die before they even hit 30 it’s sad asf

Rest In Peace to Pop Smoke Rest In Peace to Kobe Bryant And the Hardest one for me, Rest In Peace to MF DOOM

Damn, 73% of independent artists suffer from mental illness and depression. :-O as a music creator that is definitely not far from the truth, especially the crippling feeling of failure. I went through that in a long term.

“Just remember all caps when u spell the man name” R.I.P. MF DOOM

*Everybody knows that when it comes to being a rapper it can also be a gift and a curse*

Let's normalize getting help and therapy. RIP to all 💯😔🙏🏿

since this video came out, weve lost young dolph, DMX, baby CEO, lil loaded, slim 400, drakeo the ruler, trouble, goonew, FGB cash, jaydayoungan, lil keed, sad frosty, and PnB Rock and probably alot more. WOW

Hip hop don't kill people people kill people

As a psychology student I'd just like to interject the fact that the dying rap artists are disproportionately young men. There's many sociological reasons for this. If more people had money, they wouldn't want to kill over jealousy. Rappers that come out of the hood are the most at risk.

Keep showing meat to the wolves thats why.

im late to this by over a yr , but question! why is it that every rapper who dies all of a sudden is a "legend" , dying doesnt mean your music was good when you were alive.

Hands down, this has been one really informative piece. People really need to tap in this information that you've freely given out. Good Job.

The discussion of jealousy amongst young black men in particular needs to be talked about.

Being a rapper is a dangerous profession, that’s why drake has gang bangers, hells angels and bodyguards as security.

It's that aggressive music that makes them believe they thugs and that's the life it leads.

Alot of these rappers are getting killed because they refuse to leave the streets alone after becoming famous.

Live by the sword, die by the sword.....

I think the deeper reasons for this are outside hip hop itself. There is a high level of deaths in hip hop because it is a genre mostly done by young lower class black males and just being a young black male in the US is dangerous on itself. The combined class and race realities in the US determine that young black males have a high chance of dying in the streets or going to jail. As far as the drugs issue, the very stressful situations that segment of population has will send young black males to cope with that with drugs which would ease the pain or anxiety or will make them escape that at least for moments. But the drug problem is also a very large problem now in the white population, mainly linked to opioids but also related to worsening economic situations of whites, and so with that you can understand the deaths of Lil Peep and MacMiller. In the end we have to see this as a larger situation of the US itself. Economic well being has been going down since the 80s continously for all races while for blacks and hispanics it was already very bad. What I mainly suggest from all of this is that this should be a good reason to reflect on the way the country is being run as a larger entity and that the real solutions to this are more general better life conditions for young black males specifically and for the lower classes of this country.

Bro it’s plenty rappers who don’t have to worry about that shit, it’s the lifestyle you live, and the energy you put out, not just being a rapper

RIP Mac Miller and MF DOOM 😔

Life and death is in the power of the tongue.....

“Being a rapper is more dangerous than going to war in iraq” um im not so sure on that one

And now TakeOff is among the long list of rappers gone way too soon. RIP

This has to be one the most enlightening videos ive seen in a while. I just wanna say thank you to everyone at HHM🙏🏼🙏🏿

Drugs, gangs, and clout! Leave that shit in 2020.

Every rapper that has died has one thing in common. That’s speaking death on themselves. Then you have millions of people chanting those words. They are literally conjuring up that negative energy. WORDS ARE POWERFUL. Speak positivity over yourself.

if you act like a gangster then people gonna treat u like one..plain and simple

And now take off is gone... Sad story

Just Protect the Rappers, that's all, labels don't care about their artists.

Why are people like Kendrick and common not at threat of this sort of thing? Because they're smart and don't involve themselves with bad people and drugs

Before anyone signs a deal, they warn them that the devil will collect anytime he wants. Every single rapper is told this....Facts!!

Thanks for the Dee Dave shout out. Baltimore stand up.

The saddest for me was x he even was starting the anti drug movement after peep passed

Rap is dangerous as a result of personal decisions. It seems silly to act like someone who raps about violence and drugs, then succumbs to violence and drugs, was somehow the victim of some external locus of control. I'm not saying it's ALWAYS the case, but many of the ones who die from violence literally outline their close relationship with violence in EVERY song.

The main part of the problem with Hip-Hop today is that the industry is saturated with a lot of so-called rappers who do not belong in the business. The people who were mentioned in the early part of this video would have been been called, "Sucka' MCs" back in the day when rappers were really MCs. Today's so-called rappers should have never been given record deals. Allowing them to hold a mic was the biggest mistake in the history of music.

And the thing is people look up to these people and admire them so much they want to be like them. The influence can be deadly as well 🙏🏿We gotta get better

This has been one of your best videos to date. Needed conversation at this time.

That why I mostly listen to Christian, conscious and lyrical hip hop. Music has a power , it is just not fun and stuff, it is changing you, whether you know it or not .

Im really glad Famous Dex is taking care of himself and of course, REST IN PEACE MF DOOM

Make a deal with the devil, he will collect at any time. Repent my brothers and sisters. Find peace in Jesus Christ.

You get out what you put in. If they was gospel singers in church every Sunday they would all most likely be alive.

Thus was the best video ever and yes it’s sad we go through mental health issues and no one talks about it living in the hood is no joke you feel like you need do a lot more when you feel like you ain’t do shit and sometimes it’s hard to ignore negative ppl when they test ya gangsta good video tho bro 💯🙏🏽

The closed caption is ridiculous..

They're not dying because of being a rapper because it's dangerous. You're taking away ALL accountability and responsibility from these grown men and excusing the fact that they're dying BECAUSE they're gang members doing crimes and having beef with other gang members and because they're doing drugs.

Thank you for this video!! Hopefully ppl learn that ARTISTS HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CONTENT & IMAGE!!! Peace & love

Didn't even know MF DOOM was dead man🤦🏾‍♂️

This is probably the best video they've posted.

RIP Young Dolph 🙏🏿

You are the energy you create around yourself. But at the same time we also have to blame the machine. Gangster rappers make bad decisions, but there is also a scheme behind the scenes to keep generating these artists and this lifestyle. Companies like KZfaq, Apple, and other sources that release music and videos are the ones that promote the music and make the artist as big as they are. The label are the one that choose what song gets released and etc. So if we're gonna hold the artist responsible, let's hold the fans and the companies responsible too instead of treating these kids like they are on some reality show. The support of these lifestyle is what keeps them going.

Thank you for elevating your content to support your title. Very pro. I appreciate your effort.

Don't try to be who you're not Stay away from drugs Stay away from bad company This is meant for all humans not only rappers

For those having came from the hood and lived the street life, and feeling the pressure to 'keep it real', it is incredibly hard to move past the habit of referencing that lifestyle in your lyrics and acting accordingly to maintain that image. Conversely, a lot of (internet) rappers these days come from privileged backgrounds and didn't even grow up around that, but in order to fit the mold and come off as "hard", they pose as such for clout - in their case, they keep it the furthest from real. Crazy how being 'real' and 'based' have completely changed in meaning: the former is no longer about being your authentic self, while the latter similarly has lost its meaning of being yourself and not caring what other people think. So it seems another factor is the common misuse of terms, influencing our language, thus influencing our communication, influencing our lifestyle, and so forth.

How bout looking at it this way, dead rappers gain more fandom, so record labels build up the artist, artist dies but his/her music STREAMS forever, all that money goes to the label...... FOREVER !!!!!!

This is so real thank you for putting this out into the world

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I think the movement towards independent artistry plays a big part in it too. Back in the day, major labels would help to shelter and protect artist from their demons and the outside world. Think of Dre protecting Em, or Jerry protecting NWA, or Dame protecting Jay and others. Nowadays, with guys doing it on their own, they have no one to coach and mentor these guys thru the hardships and turn them into business men anymore.

R.I.P. DOOM the legend and pioneer I think the worst lost we've had one of the most skilled MCs ever top 3 in my books

This is your best vid yet incredibly touchin and I loved when you used Denzel's line of Clout Cobain hes mad underrated, keep up the great work!

Rappers die too much - Lupe Fiasco

No matter how much you got you still alone still in danger still in pain and still lost

i think it has to do with how they portray themselves because Kendrick is from Compton but doesn't threaten or flex and then there's young rappers like polog lil tjay and so on that act all hard to make the competion scared but yet tyler the creator started out like this on goblin and grew up and realised you dont have to be like this to be a rapper cos not every rapper born on the streets has ended up dead because of what they have said or done dre cube nas and canibus are all examples of how threating lives is not the answer and actually following through with what they rap about when it concerns peoples lives

Is it worth death?? At the cost of life! Beautiful piece. I hope they wake to truth

As a (small) rapper, I sometimes get people who call me out for certain lyrics not being true, and I always respond with “would you rather me actually live that life of killing and drug use?” Because I know I’m glad I don’t. My favorite artist is juice wrld and his death heavily affected me as a person because I genuinely felt connected. Then I started rapping seriously and I honestly realized that I spent so much of my lyrics trying to put on a personality that I knew wasn’t me but I felt like that was the only way to get anywhere with music. Which sucks because I really don’t like forcing myself to rap about those topics because they’re really not cool and need to stop being glorified in this industry, and it’s just repetitive. I’ve started lessening the use of those lyrics and I can easily say that being more open about how I truly live and feel is actually getting me somewhere. One of my biggest goals when I blow up is to help with the movement of lessening drug addiction and gun violence amongst the industry. It’s really sad to see so much potential having to face the risk of dying because of their success. I hope that to any young rappers like myself that you know that you don’t have to put on a fake tough persona for people to like you and your music. Just be yourself and stay away from certain things and people🙏🏾

Watching this made me sad asf I lost a couple of my favorite artist two of them back to back in 2020🤦🏾‍♂️

Shmurdas hat gone finally come down when he get out

This background music is perfect.

I loved this video. Especially with trap, we have the glorification of senseless addiction at what I think is an all-time high. So to see figures in the industry condemn it is refreshing.

full honesty, it's a numbers game. People die all kinds of ways, there is a ratio somewhere or births to deaths per day. More rappers in raw numbers means that same ratio gonna die but it's gonna be a larger raw number also. With the growth of the internet there are more and more rappers who find an audience so more and more people notice the loss. Does it hurt any less, absolutely not, but it's a combination of the growth of the internet, the takeover of hip hop in pop culture, and the hard fact that numbers don't play. I don't think rapper as a profession makes anyone any more or less likely to die.

Wasn’t Jim Jones trying to violate 69 smh he part of the problem too 🤦‍♂️

Great video to start off the new year. Y’all kept it real.

The video should be titled " why PEOPLE IN GENERAL are dying more than ever

Narrator sounding very sleepy on this one, it’s really distracting from this serious topic. And this is still a good video, very informative

Why do people always exclude FBG Duck’s death when talking about rappers who got killed last year. His death was the craziest the way they got him in board day light in a good area.

Rappers dont "stay in the streets for no reason" you telling me you'd get rich and leave all the people who were close to you behind ? smh always the people who know nothing about the street life be the first one to criticized someone who's actually livin it its not exactly like you guys think and about the drug part... c'mon now is depression not real to you people ?

RIP MF DOOM, FORVER IN OUR HEARTS

It might sound impossible but you should use your platform (us) to start a trending hashtag or something to raise awareness for a genre wide effort to save lives. Someone like Meek Mill, Snoop, or 50 cent I could totally see acknowledging it and blowing it up

Ppl die everyday we are just exposed to more rappers with social media that's why we hear about it more often Majority would be considered underground/local rappers back in the day and alot of ppl wouldn't care as much

Problem 1. Blacks have been conditioned to subconsciously have low self esteem. The marketing blueprint of rapper exudes insecurity. If your whole image is based off of insecurity, (reinforcing the idea that you're tough, showing off, putting you're masculinity and aggression on display etc), one gets accustomed to being subconsciously insecure and your surroundings amplify the effect. Problem: 2. We never called rappers kids until this modern era.Since I've been alive, the divides in hip-hop were NY borough vs NY borough, Old school vs new school, east vs west, south vs everybody. Now the divide is Older vs Younger.Back in the day, the kids of hip hop were acts like w Kriss Kross and ABC because they were preteens and younger. Damn near every hip-hop legend or pioneer was in their early 20s when they made their impact, LL, Big, Pac,Snoop, Fresh Prince, NWA,Bone, Hot boys, Majority of the No Limit Roster, T.I., the list goes on and on but today there is so much emphasisin 20year olds being kids. Its gotten to the point that the idea of being "old"( apparently old is 30+ these days) is viewed as a negative thing.Its almost as if its fashionable to DIE A PREMATURE DEATH than it is to die a natural one.We either need to stop calling them kids or we need to all acknowledge that society has changed so much in modern times that young people in this modern era just aren't mentally equipped for REAL LIFE like previous generations were. Bottom line, all of this is just the result of the residual psychological effects of slavery that manifest right on schedule and the oppressors aka record executives sit back as they wait on their blood money.Excuse me, MAILBOX MONEY.

Lil Peep and Juice were different, they never glorified the drugs, they did them because of what they went/going through in life.

Brought a tear in my eyes

I disagree with this. It depends on the choices they make.

R.I.P. MF DOOM

Sex, money, drugs and vanity It’s very simple why

Amazing Analysis.🖋

this video is phenomenal

Child: How do stars die? Dad: Usually of an overdose

Lovely deep drive by HHM. Let's understand that as empathetic as we should be to this issue, it's also a self-perpetuating engine at this point - hardly see fans and listeners chanting for more drugs, cars, girls and cash in my circles, rather there's a perception to live up to that's grown a part of the culture. As explained in the vid, a lot of the success stories in Hip Hop are tied to the environments and circumstances they're escaping. That shouldn't make the clean kid who knows how to spit less authentic. But having a narrative you can put a beat to sells, so long as the expectation is that it's a lived one - and that right there is a problem.

Rappers wouldn't have to die so soon if they didn't get involved with drugs, gangs, or thinking they have big balls.