Yeah man exactly, there needs to be a balance. Even today's popular hip-hop songs that aren't about depression or addiction still manage to somehow have a negative vibe to them it seems. But honestly that's not even to knock the music at all, because there are a few of those artists who I just described that are still some of my favorites, Juice Wrld in particular. As a person, Juice Wrld was a great man and someone to look up to, but the problem is that his music is so overly-explicit in its references to depression and hard drug use that in my opinion it makes him a bad influence on kids (by kids I mean middle schoolers, among whom he is one of if not the most popular hip-hop artist). Which sucks to say because first of all he is an amazing influence on myself and has helped me many times, and second of all, regardless of what I say about him being a negative influence to kids, there's no doubt that his music is still relatable and meaningful to them, and has helped a bunch of them. But I just have to look at the bigger picture and think that even though his music does help countless kids, the implications of pretty much every kid in America constantly being exposed to songs about depression, suicide, pills/lean addiction, etc., cannot be good for their subconscious.

And to clarify, no individual artists are necessarily to be pointed at or blamed for any of this. Juice Wrld was just the example I used but there are obviously countless other popular artists talking about the same stuff, especially since emo rap had been growing for years and then exploded when Lil Peep died. And it's not like there weren't equally-horrible influences on kids a decade ago talking about hard drugs and other bad things, but basically I just don't think that emo rap/trap now being one of the primary genres among young people happened organically. To me it seems like it's kind of on purpose to fuck up this generation of kids even worse than the last one lol.