Ban Rap!
When rap was created, like punk, it was a small community that would gather together with an interest in music. Talent was secondary but many did talent, it was about expressing onesself mainly. Used as a way for black people living in poor communities to express themselves. Many of them didn't have much money to buy instruments they would mix beats.
I know many black people that listen to rock. A lot of rap wouldn't exist if it wasn't for rock. Most of the beats are 'borrowed' from many genres including blues, jazz and rock. Rap was never about the beat, it was about the lyrically content.
I adore this type of rap and hear about their expression. However, commerical music companies have marketed this as 'cool'. In the transaction from underground to commerical, it lost all its lyrical merit and instead just re-enforces tired stereotypes about street culture and many so called gangstas that live in $2million mansions preclai...