I think it boils down to culture and upbringing (with a hint of peer pressure sometimes), for instance, a black youth (who is not very individualistic) growing up in a black community will almost certainly tow the line with that of his peers and listen to Rap, RnB or whatever, its just what happens, now and again that same black youth will have a sense of individuality and can make a choice, you gotta look at it from the other persons point of view, Rap music IS glorified, so when kids see all the big ass gangstas blinged to the eyeballs with women hanging off their arms waving guns about, then they see four sweaty long haired metallers without two pennys to rub together, who they gonna choose? coz when they are young, thats when the choice is made, and its becoming increasingly about image, not the music, thats where its going wrong. Ive got a mate called Lynval, hes as black as they come, cool as fuck dude with a big affro hairstyle, he comes along to most metal shows with me and loves it, last one I took him too was the Bloodstock Festival in England last year. Ok, we got a few stares off a few guys but as the night went on those same guys came over and bought Lynval and me a drink, commenting on the fact that it was so refreshing to see a black guy at a metal show and long may it continue!
In Lynvals words 'Metal fans rule man!', hes been to a few Rap shows with his brother and he used to tell me that it was all 'who had the most rings' or 'who had the baddest wheels' or some image shit like that, plus there was ALWAYS more violence at Rap gigs than metal (Christ! WEVE got mosh pits!!), it was like a turf war or something, heh, now theres something, that was EXACTLY what the skinheads used to do, what comes around eh?
