Rather good rapper Sway has hit out at those remarks made a couple of months back by Tory leader David Cameron regarding the bad influence of hip hop. You'll remember that the Cam accused hip hop shows on Radio 1 and 1Xtra of encouraging violence among the youth audience. Speaking to Metro, Sway has responded by saying that while the Tory leader is right that popular entertainment figures might need to be more responsible given the influence they have on their young fans, Cameron is unfair to target hip hop in particular.
Sway: "A lot of people are talking some crazy talk on records. It's pretty obvious that kids are influenced by their role models, so if I'm going to start talking about shooting someone in the head, a kid might think that's all right. But that's not just limited to hip-hop. Any type of media, TV or film that exposes young children to that is to blame for what's going on in society. Cameron definitely used hip-hop as a scapegoat, though. That was a bad decision, because if he was going to do that he should have singled out actors who star in PG action movies in which they shoot people in the head. He should have done his research."