Man vs Hip-Hop

"Rappers go in the studio as two people; who they are in reality and the 'Thug' of themselves."
Before watching the documentary entitled "Hip-Hop (Unbridged)" I never realized the depths of hip-hop and how it's more than just lyrics and beats, now I understand. In my opinion hip-hop does not represent manhood accurately. Hip-hop portrays men as thugs, flashy, sexist, homophobics, etc and that's not a positive way to represent men at all. Most rappers raps about gun play, gang violence, robbing and killing but even though it might be fake, most people think it's true. Most men in the industry has majority of people believing that if you don't have expensive cars, clothes and jewlery then you're powerless. Some men think that women has no place in hip-hop if they're not video-vixens. The men also refer to women as b-tches and h-es, showing NO respect. Most hip-hop artist show hatred towards homosexuals and even if they say they have nothing against gays, ACTIONS speak louder than words. Men are portrayed as something most of them are not but most importantly hip-hop does not help represent the manhood of men accurately or positively.