Signs of the Apocalypse

Last week, USA Today featured a front-page article of the Life section on the development of "hyphy" music in the Bay Area.  Why this article deserved a cover spot I'm still trying to determine.

Apparently, hyphy music is music designed to make kids "go stupid" or "go bananas".  This can take the shape of riding with all the car doors open and the music blaring, or doing donuts in parking lots.  One of the hyphy hit songs features the refrain, "tell me where to go, go dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb."  Not only that, the originators of hyphy "really feel proud about what we're doing."

Okay, here's a question: what happens when it comes time for the "hyphy" listeners to get a job?  Who wants to hire a person who "goes dumb"? 

It needs to be said that a lot of these African-American "entrepreneurs" are really just preying on urban youth who have little guidance in life.  Here, they're selling junk records with no regards to the consequences.

Further, why did USA Today spotlight this group?  Shouldn't the media be promoting and publicizing the best of our culture, not the worst?  Surely, there are groups in the Bay Area trying to make a positive difference in the lives of urban youth.  I would much rather hear about them than these "hyphy" goons.