Hip Hop as a Reflection

I heard two wonderful lines about Hip Hop:

Hip-hop is violent, misogynistic, homophobic and materialistic...and it reflects a county that is violent, homophobic, misogynistic, and materialistic.

And a line described as a paraphrase from Ice-T:

“Hip-hop is really funny. But if you don't see the humor, it will scare the hell out of you.”

It was on a panel headlined by Byron Hurt, filmmaker of Beyond Beats and Rhymes. You can listen to it here.