Do Hip-Hop Video Sharing Sites Have A Responsibility to Raise Standards ?

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Do Hip-Hop Video Sharing Sites Have A Responsibility to Raise Standards?the video clip leading off this blog post addresses the elephant in the room that many in the hip hop world have shied away from. Do Hip-Hop video sites have a responsibility over what videos they choose to air?
In the clip Joe Budden address DJ Vlad over his claims that he is a serious "journalist". Budden claims that the Budden-Ransom beef should not have been aired due to the serious consequences that could ensue.

Other examples of controversy include video clips of taped confessions of robberies/assaults as well. For his second album promo ISouljaboytellem, Atlanta-based internet phenom Soulja Boy Tellem began posting videos on his highly popular YouTube Channel flaunting pricey jewels and segments showing off a lavish lifestyle. Shortly after the release of album two, it was reported that his home was invaded and a few days later, the alleged robbers filmed a video and it was posted on many popular sites.

Where there is smoke, there is usually fire, and Bill O' Reilly is definitely the firestarter. His eye and attention (not to mention millions of viewers) are on worldstarhiphop.com, the highly viewed hip hop video sharing site. Bill O' Reilly/Worldstarhiphop.com

Outraegeous/controversial clips didn't start yesterday. SMACK DVD is a pioneer in street DVD culture. It was one of the first DVDs to show the gritty aspects of street life, which also lead to a lot of artists using SMACK to flashing automatic weapons, convicted felons counting hundreds of thousands of dollars and more. The BMF SMACK DVD episode chronicled a lavish lifestyle in which over a million dollars in cars was displayed, jewelry, and multiple bottles of champagne for a street enterprise with connections throughout the United States.

Stop Fuckin' Snitchin is another classic example of the police watching and making arrest based on video
In this clip, the Baltimore Police Department filmed a video in response to Stop Snitchin'
Stop Snitchin link

As a media outlet, the policy at Indie Planet TV is not allow artists we interview to incriminate themselves on our cameras. We started out at the height of the SMACK DVD era, so when artist start ed to flash pistols, we cut off the cameras and explained that people are watching this worldwide and you don't need this type of energy coming back in your direction.

There's nothing wrong with being the CNN, MTV, ABC News of hip-hop at all. It fills a void that is needed in the game. When the clips, once viewed, will provoke violence, federal indictments, immediate retaliation, and parole violations the people behind these sites don't need to say "Well, they are the ones incriminating themselves" they need to ask themselves "Is this good for our viewers/hip-hop?" or "Do we need to be in the middle of a criminal investigation because of this."