Stephen A. Smith strikes again: "Stop blaming hip-hop for Sean Taylor's death"

Stephen A. Smith is asking everyone, particularly white America, to stop using hip hop as a reason or influence upon the untimely death of Redskins' safety Sean Taylor. He is quoted as saying: "This isn't some hip hop thing. This has nothing to do with hip hop. ... I want people, particularly white America, to stop using that as an excuse, trying to find some correlation once again to condemn the hip hop industry." What do you think, does rap have a role in the death of an African-American athlete with a sketchy past?