[Brass Monk]

Before the Beasties their were almost nobody ryhming about guns. It was Schoolly D and then Ice-T who came out at about the same time as the Beasties and that was it.
"The hood guys" that the original poster on this thread mentioned wouldn't be offended since there was really no precedent. In fact there is considerable evidence that the "hood guys" loved it (see NWA)