Zan Wynia Broke Response

Question # 7:  The relationship between hip-hop and sports is a dangerous one financially.  Hip-hop's culture is all about having so much money that you can literally waste it by "making it rain."  Many athletes grew up listening to hip-hop and of course a lot of them aspired to live like the stars in the songs they love.  However growing up this was impossible for them because they didn't have the cash to make it rain, but once they reached the big leagues, and started getting big checks, they did have the capacity to live like the stars.  The problem is they think they can live like stars for the rest of their lives and that their cash flow is endless, when in reality their cash flow is extremely finite.  I believe that hip-hop should not influence sports because in the end it's damaging to the athletes that wish to live like their idols.  Athletics influencing hip-hop is fine, but when hip-hop begins to influence athletics then it becomes a problem.