Famous trip hop musician Tricky, whose album Maxinquaye was named the 36th Greatest British Album Ever by Q Magazine, has hit out at hip hop for fuelling gun and knife crime. He said: «I love hip hop. But it has to take some responsibility for the gun culture we've got over here in Britain. We're getting super-violent».
Tricky explained: «In England, you can say the wrong thing in a pub and you've got a bottle over your head or a bullet in your brain. English people have got quicker tempers».
He also blamed modern-day wardrobes for today's violence in US: «We were into clothes in a big way. Anything to take our minds off the stress. They get the baseball cap and trainers on, that's all it is. But they've got nothing to take the pressure off».
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