Are These Rappers/Singers Just Saying What We Want to Hear or is There Any Truth in Their Lyrics?

Is music what it used to be?  Now you have to question if these rappers and singers mean what they say in their songs.  T.I. and Lyfe Jennings are two phenomenal artist that deliver some strong lyrics in their songs and have us all believing that they mean what they say.  Rapper T.I., as we all know, ran into some big trouble with the law and vowed that he would change his life around for the better.  He had a show called "Road to Redemption" on MTV about changing his life as well as others lives and getting ready to do his time in prison for his mistakes.  Not even a full year out of jail and he's back in trouble with the law!  I am a huge fan of T.I. and his music really touched me and I understood his situation about the guns and death threats and how he had to protect his family.  A man's got to do what a man's got to do.  However, I just don't understand this drug scandal.  Everyone makes mistakes and I can judge no one.  Writing a song about no more mistakes and putting your family first and being a change man, then getting caught with drugs and back in court again is like a slap in the face to your fans.  I am still a fan of T.I. hopefully everything works out for him.  There are rumors of him facing 15 years in prison that have not be verified, but I truly hope this isn't true for him.  On the other hand we have Lyfe Jennings, this is a man who writes and sings songs and respect for women and self-respect.  He's a man who did 10 years in prison and was a self-proclaimed "changed man" and was just sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison.  Lyfe and his former manager/mother of his child Joy, got into an altercation where he got upset and was shooting in the air and drove drunk in a high-speed chase from the police.  This first thing I thought when I heard this was, no he wouldn't do anything like that.  Apparently he did.  Things like this make you question the meaning and passion behind their songs.  Are they singing/rapping these lyrics because they mean it? Or is it just to make a hit?

Lyfe Jennings

T.I.