Chuck D Calls Gun Violence ‘Irregular Habits’ After Takeoff’s Dying

Chuck D says hip hop wants to begin addressing the gun violence plaguing the trade … and killing rappers at an alarming tempo.

We talked to the legendary MC on “TMZ Dwell” to get his ideas on the most recent capturing loss of life in hip hop — Migos rapper Takeoff being gunned down in Houston — and Chuck says it is loopy how people suppose it is regular to lose rappers to gun violence.

Chuck says attacking somebody with a gun must be thought-about “irregular habits” … and he is lamenting the actual fact it is turn into so commonplace in America, individuals nearly appear to shrug it off as simply part of life.

As we reported … Takeoff was killed throughout an early morning capturing in Houston, with emergency audio revealing not less than 5 pictures had been fired. We’re advised Takeoff and Quavo had been taking part in cube at a bowling alley when an altercation broke out and somebody, or a number of individuals, opened fireplace … fatally capturing Takeoff.

Chuck D says gun violence within the hip hop group has been ignored for much too lengthy — he says every other trade with so many fatalities would have addressed the difficulty earlier than it grew to become normalized.

He provides … individuals have grown up pondering a rapper dying younger is a traditional factor … and he says it is not solely in regards to the loss of life itself, but in addition the style — medicine and gunshots.

Drawback is, Chuck says an excessive amount of music glorifies weapons and medicines, whereas earlier than, it was a mirrored image of what was occurring in the neighborhood, not a dictation.