Its also lame to blame "gangsta rap" on what's wrong with our youth today. Might as well blame violent movies and video games.
Its North American society that needs fixing and removing "rap" music from the equation really does nothing.
In Japan (among other nations), "gangsta rap" is extremly popular but the youth are not running rampant.
ODB had a lot demons, he just couldn't let go of the ghetto mentality. It should be a lesson that is taught to others with a rational explaination (growing up poor, drug abuse, possible mental illness, etc...) and not with biased opinions.