13yr Old Gangsta Rapper Lil Mouse Youtube Sensation

Released a month ago with already nearly half-a-
million page views, rap song “Lil Mouse Get
Smoked” has created quite a stir. The song, which
celebrates violence and murder, was penned by a
13-year-old Lil Mouse who lives on the South Side
of Chicago. While the song continues to pick up
steam, NewsOne spoke with violence and mental
health expert Terrie Williams as well as Lil Mouse’s
producer, P. Noble, about whether this type of
music — in light of what’s happening in our
communities — is acceptable.

http://newsone.com/2031864/lil-mouse-get-smoked/

Since its debut, the song has caused a sizable
backlash in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times
reports:
Unfortunately, there has been no public outcry
over a raunchy video titled “Lil Mouse Get
Smoked” that debuted on YouTube on July 4,
and has since blown up the Internet. Nearly
300,000 people have viewed it, making the 13-
year-old the latest rap sensation to come out of
Chicago.
Known as “Lil Mouse,” the baby-faced rapper
repeatedly drops “F” and “N” bombs in a music
video that glorifies sex, drugs, and violence. At
one point, an adult male gets behind the teen
and makes it look like the teen is holding the
gun. On popular music video sites, the teen, who
allegedly lives in Roseland, is being promoted as
the “13-year-old rapper from the Wild, Wild
Hundreds.”
The gangster-style music video is even more
profane when you consider that Chicago is
desperately trying to reduce gang- and- drug-
related violence that helped push the homicide
rate up nearly 40 percent and claimed the lives of
so many of the city’s children.

Thoughts?