In the minds of many Americans, the ghetto is where “the black people live.” (Anderson, 2012). This stereotype goes further and characterizes this as a place of poverty, crime, drugs, and violence. Assisted by the mass media (music, T.V, etc.) and popular culture, this stereotype has been a powerful source of prejudice and discrimination among minority communities. Along with the history of racism in America and the likening of the “ghetto” to black people, negative ascriptions are given to this group of people. In my personal experience, on social media apps like YouTube and Tiktok, we see all the time the use of this media to speak negatively about others, who are often members of gang-related groups in these often “ghetto-classified.” areas. Along with this, the use of music to spread hate and messages of violence leads to negative connotations attributed to mostly low-income areas. Often behind these diss tracks and viral diss messages lie teenagers, almost always under the age of 18. This brings into account the potential idea that these youngins are born into this gang lifestyle and often cannot escape because that is all they are used to. By understanding how mass media and the history of these impoverished areas lead to gangs, one can start to comprehend why the “hood” or “ghetto” is characterized by such.