yeah alot of rappers do that because it sells, even if they don't live it at all....joe budden used to be a drug addict, he grew up with stuff like that, even he doesn't exploit it as much as some rappers do......if u ever get a chance listen to joe budden's 'through and through' or 'walk with me' thats why i like him so much, his real, 'deep' and he ain't fake like most radio rappers.....that's why i like T.I too, he raps about stuff he knows, he grew up as a drug dealer, but he even has songs like 'be better than me' and 'i still aint forgave myself' that don't glorify what he did but trash-talk it and tell ppl to 'be better than him;