nice straw man dude. do you even know what context means you ignorant little fuck? ...I meant the artists context, what they see, what they feel, how they grew up, what happens around them.
"Artists such as Snoop Dog and Ice Cube convey the idea of promoting weed and are doing their best to maintain a 'cool' image to those gullable to believe it" - Oh awesome, let's take a couple of RADIO SINGLES and define artists based on them, ha, whatever, get fucked.
and do yourself a favour and read this excerpt from the wikipedia article about one of ice cube's classic albums:
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted is rapper Ice Cube's influential[1] debut solo album, released after his acrimonious split from his former group N.W.A. It was originally released on May 16, 1990. Primarily produced by The Bomb Squad (Public Enemy's production team), the album was an unexpectedly large critical and commercial success, and remains one of the defining hip hop albums of the 1990s era. Ice Cube's social, and political commentary, which was delivered in an incisive manner, has influenced numerous rappers since, particularly in the gangsta rap and political rap subgenres. The album cemented Cube's reputation as a gifted lyricist, and introduced him as a highly literate scribe on the hardships of life in South Central, Los Angeles, as well as an outspoken critic of the American Justice System, and race relations in the United States.
WHY ARE MUSIC FANS SO FUCKING SHIT, in general that is.