He also blames homicides on kids going hungry as if that's the motivation for their getting into gangs and doing shootings. It's a wealthy white liberal's view of the world. They nearly all have food. That's not the issue. Peruse the catalog of rap videos those kids listen to in order to see their motivation. They want to be upper class. They want $80,000 Escalades, stacks of $100 bills in their hands, and a giant mansion and a leisure class crimelord existence. They get these ideas from rappers