Now, if you're like me, the best story in hip-hop of the past few weeks has been T.I.'s arrest. He had more artillery in his house than my friend David from middle school had engraved on his gold plated No Limit Soldiers medallion. OH!

But there are two much bigger stories this week. First, Kanye's mom's untimely death from plastic surgery complications. Ok, I'm going to be honest (and I recognize this is horrible, but) the first thing I thought when I heard this really sad news is, "Damnit, this means Kanye's entire next album is going to be about his mom." I feel terrible for the guy; she was a bright woman who raised him as a single mother. But I really like Kanye and I'm not in the mood for a whole album called like Yo Ma, I Miss You and I'm Going to Grad School with 15 songs about his mom including an overplayed single with Zac Efron chorus.

The other news comes from a new study that says 80% of rap music discusses substance abuse and suggests that rap promotes drug use among listeners. Give me a break, son. I have been listening to rap music since 1991 and I still get nervous about developing a dependency on nasal decongestant when I have a cold.

In this dumb study's honor, here are some of my favorite rap songs that positively describe drug abuse:

"Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill - It turns out, upon a recent listen, that this song sucks. I love it for its nostalgic value though. I'm not entirely sure that it's about drugs, but it's by Cypress Hill.

"Gin and Juice" by Snoop Dogg - I still don't know what "endo" is and now that I am old enough to know what gin is, I am semi-disgusted by the idea of combing it with orange juice. Regardless, classic.

"Purple Pills" by D12 - I know what you're thinking: "I totally forgot about that song." Yeah, you did.

"Sippin on Some Syrup" by Academy Award Winning recording artists Three 6 Mafia - We were first introduced to the idea of mixing liquor and cough syrup with codeine by Mike Jones. But it was Academy Award Winning recording artists Three 6 Mafia who truly romanticized what my sister describes as "Sooo gross. OMG. Sooo gross."

"The Next Episode" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg - La di da di da. I heard Dr. Dre was 65 when this song came out. (Seriously, Dr. Dre is 42, right now. We are elderly.)

The Chronic (the entire album) by Dr. Dre - This album is the standard. It's named after drugs and a lot of the songs are about drugs. But it's not as illicit as it seems...the rest of the songs are about shooting people.

Have a great week, sons. I'll be back soon with more if I can put down all those drugs I have been influenced into doing. And also that sizzurp. (So gross.)