Halfhearted Violence for Boneheaded Reasons

A NYTimes op-ed piece puts the latest incident of rap-world violence in perspective:

"On one level, the combatants' absorption with artistry is striking. A critical comment in a song and talk of a creative collaboration were adequate cause for gunfire. (How many of Lorenz Hart's admirers began shooting Oscar Hammerstein's fans when word hit the street that Hammerstein was writing 'Oklahoma' with Richard Rodgers?)

Yet while both Hudson Street shootings point to the importance of the music in hip-hop culture, they also point to the glibness of that violence. After all, when dozens of pistol shots at relatively close range lead to one minor wound, it would seem that the gunmen really don't have their heart in it."