Yes, they can lead to those things when you have a society of dim-witted public school sheeple. Plus they are inundated with these images much much more than young people decades ago.
If they are surrounded by a gang-bang culture these shows and movies simply reinforce that. Kids who grew up in the suburbs and country don’t get the same message because they have counter and alternative messages from real life.
Kids are fed subjective reality and subjective morality in school all day long, its no wonder they can’t distinguish.
Look at the common core 3+4=11 example. If you can bullshit your way through, that’s good enough.
One rapper with a bio as a “former drug kingpin” was really an ex-cop (who wasn't an undercover narc). Eventually his cover was blown and he just laughed about it.
The culture that surrounds them is emulating a script provided to them by Russell Simmons and other liberal bigots who profiteer off the scam.