Is hip-hop violence here to stay?

Is hip-hop violence here to stay?
Most of us knew that Tupac Shakur was going to die. He wrote songs about his funeral, used imagery in videos that revolved around death, and described young black males like himself as if they had the life expectancy of 85-year-old men. Living till the age of 30 is a luxury that some feel they can't afford, and hip-hop seems to celebrate death as if it is as inevitable as paying the IRS during the month of April.