BURBANK, Calif. – It’s another day of hip-hop radio for CeCe Valencia.

She and her 93.5 Kday co-host, Romeo are getting ready preparing to interview a comedian. It is a much happier moment than last week when they had to tell their audience about the death of Pop Smoke, a rapper from Brooklyn who was murdered in a Hollywood Hills home.

“So young, so talented,” CecCe said.

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CeCe’s friend and colleague, DJ Carisma was scheduled to meet Pop Smoke for the first time the day he was killed.

“It was heartbreaking. He was young. He was 20 years old. He was literally about to take off. He had something special. He had the it factor," said Carisma. “Everybody wants to be a rapper but only a few people get that gift from God.”

That gift is now gone; just like Tupac in the 90s, and of course Nipsey Hussle just last year. The question is why has violence become so prevalent in the history of hip-hop?

CeCe believes it’s partly because of violence from the artists in their own communities as well as petty beefs and envy.

“Snoop Dogg said on one of his songs, ‘every neighborhood Jesus has a neighborhood Judas,’ and it’s true,” CeCe said. “You know sometimes when you’re coming up and you’re coming up from the troubles where we have been. We do have a lot of people who are jealous.”

So how can the story change?

“Maybe hip-hop artists start moving different,” said Carisma. “I heard a lot of them last year talking about they want to wear less chains, they want more money back into community and things of that nature. Maybe if hop-hop stops being so flashy. We are the flashy genre.”

They believe artists need to change their messages to positivity instead of the power battles of the past.

“And show the youngsters that are on social media, it’s ok to be positive,” said CeCe. “You don’t have to be so negative. You don’t have to target. You don’t have to bad mouth. It’s ok to be positive in hip-hop. I think that a lot of artists are trying to gage that way right now.”

Then maybe CeCe and the hip hop world will mourn less and get back to more fun with her daily interviews.