In a Blender magazine interview songstress Alicia Keys let’s everyone in on the secret; The government created gangsta rap to convince blacks to kill each other:
We ask what other gangsta rappers she liked. And that’s when Keys drives a steamroller through the wall.
“‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other,” [...]

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Shuffling IpodTurn on the Ipod, hit Shuffle Songs and post the first 10 songs, no matter how embarrassing:

Coheed & Cambria - Ten Speed (God Apollo I’m burning..)
Any Whinehouse - Rehab (Back to Black)
Blue October - Razorblade (Argue with a Tree)
Santana feat. Steven Tyler - Just [...]