A four year old little girl was shot to death by her half brother. The little girl was the daughter of rapper Juvenile. Her 11 year old sister and mother were also murdered. (Click here for article on death of child)

I wonder if Juvenile will consider what role the "gangsta culture" may have played in the life and death of his daughter and her family. Was he aware of the life his daughter lived? Will he assess what role the culture he lives and encourages played in the death of his innocent child?

I tried to paste some lyrics into this post but frankly they were too obscene and violent. (Click here for link to Juvenile lyrics- caution they are obscene) How many of his millions of records are purchased by children? How many children download his music onto iPods and mp3 players? While I can not imagine how any parent could allow a child access to music put out by Juvenile, I am sure that a generation of children do access this auditory garbage because their parent(s) pay no attention to what they are doing.

I wonder why a sheriff's deputy, the mother of the little girl, would become involved with someone who promotes anger and hate the way Juvenile does through his music. She had two children before she got involved with this man. How could a mom get involved with someone like Juvenile? Women who put their children first would not choose to become involved with people who promote hate, drug use and violence. What can society do to educate women about the importance of healthy relationships?

Juvenile's songs seem to glorify drug use. Were drugs involved in the shooting? Did the 17 year old use drugs? Did the mother know her son was involved with drugs? Were social services involved with this family? Did the fame of Juvenile impede social service involvement?

Juvenile should be ashamed of the insidious influence he has had on young people. His words have an impact. Does he care? Can he care? Will Juvenile change his behavior and become an advocate for change in the rap community? Will anyone in the Rap community come out to condemn the violence?

Now is the time for Juvenile and others to step up and begin condemning the negativity in the music they sing.

Juvenile should mourn the death of his daughter and her family by committing his life to an effort to undo the influence his music has had. He should lead the young rap lovers away from the violence and encourage them to stay in school, stay off drugs, avoid gangs, take care of their children, work for what they want...

He should, but I am fairly sure he won't...