There's this thing goin around with Christian artists, particularly in the hip hop genre, that feel the need to cater to the "ghetto" culture that is often associated with rap and r&b, by wearing clothing endorsed by Hot97 fools and speaking like the idiots on MTV.
What bothers me more than anything is when ppl think that "ghetto"-ness is a culture that He is ok with. God doesn't hate hip hop or rap or baggy pants (or tight pants). As far as dressing like an imbecile, that's perfectly fine. As far as my personal opinion is concerned, check out http://bible.us/1Cor6.12.NIV --
"I have the right to do anything," you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything".
Anyway, if something looks "ghetto" to you, it means that it was birthed on ignorant principals. The jews were locked up in towns by the nazis and fascists in small "ghettos" so they would be ignorant to what was happening in WWII. Do u see a parallel in what "ghetto" really means?
Ghetto means confinement. It means you're stuck. It means you have nowhere to go, this is who you are, this is who you will be. You will continue to have a limited knowledge of what matters, you are boxed into a place of hopeless ignorance.
I HOPE this is not you... Right?
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ." -- http://bible.us/Col2.8.NIV
