It wouldn't be "gangsta" rap if they didn't do those things. If they don't do those things, then in their fans' eyes, they aren't KEEPIN' IT REAL. How many fans of "gangsta" rap can attest to the same kind of behavior though? Its like if a rapper doesn't have a weapons charge, hasn't been arrested for possession, or isn't duckin' and dodgin' the Feds, then they aren't KEEPIN IT REAL (or HOOD). At the end of the day, the record companies are gettin' a bigger piece of the pie, leavin' the "gangsta" rappers fightin' cases, or in the worst case scenario dead.