TC Hip-Hop Awards plagued with Taser-fueled violence

• there are no winners in hip hop

• hahaha, agreed. and funny!

• It's all awful. End of discussion.

• Can a list of winners be found anywhere?

• Jesus man, way to devolve into insults and aggression. No wonder no one listens when you make an otherwise interesting point, because you jump straight to attack mode. I wasn't suggesting that hip-hop is a particular instigator of violence, or that these fights have any kind of social or racial implication. I was only pointing out that you're argument was too simplistic to actually be a defense of this event, because people gather in large numbers and drink very often without escalating into violence. But instead you make random assumptions, insult me, and imply I'm a racist because I had the audacity to question something you wrote. Grow up. If you want people to take your opinions seriously, maybe you should talk to them like an adult.

• Yup.  It's winter and people were packed wall to wall.  I've been to Soundset for the last four years open to close and haven't seen a fight.  It basically comes down to what's said above + cold outside and packed people inside.  Bar fights tend to happen more often anywhere during the winter.

• See what is funny about that is you obviously don't pay attention to sports if you think sporting events are free from violence.   Do you remember the Giants fan that was put into a coma by two LA Dodger fans?    That only happened like a year ago but I'm guessing you don't do much thinking or remembering.  I'm curious if you've ever heard of parents beating other parents up over youth sports?  Does that mean sports causes violence or that violent idiots like sports?    Thank you for proving my point that people that think rap is some magic violence creating thing are stupid.   Rap is just one genre of aggresive cocky music that appeals to young aggresive men.  If you put 1000 young men in a room and give them drinks you will see someone get punched.  Rap just gets called out more because its a black genre of music and the media hopes a story that makes black people look bad will get on The Drudge Report so a million racists read it. 

• So what about every other awards show that doesn't result in violence? Or sports events with 15 to 35 thousand attendees? Seems to be a pattern at the TC hip-hop awards, not anywhere else.

• Gosh, when was the last time the cops had to bust a gathering of the hipster-douche subculture?  Or the rockabillys.  Or the classic rock folk.

• There is the "hiphop" side of Twin Cities HipHop  (Rhymesayers, Doomtree, etc etc etc) and then there is the "rap" side (SP Style etc). Unfortunately there seems to be a lot of drug money washed through the rap side which leads to a lot of sub-par emcees that have something to prove. Not everyone on the rap side is horrible and not everyone on the hiphop side is awesome, but the scene is most certainly 'fractured'.

• You put a 1000 kids in a room and serve them booze you will get a fight.  I was a punk rocker in my youth and  I grew up in a small town so I know the secret to starting a fight.  Does City Pages want to know it?   Young Men (any race)   +  Booze + Girls =   Fights!    

• Could you please explain the "fractured nature of the scene". I thought the Rhymesayers collective controls the Twin Cities hip-hop scene (if you are to believe CP's coverage)

• That's a real bad look. Hip-hop is way bigger than this. People that don't know much about the scene watch a video like this and confirm the negative image of a culture they know little of. Its a shame, but we keep building.

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