What's Wrong With Rap? Options

[sillakilla220]

ok... first lets get all the cliche`s out the way....

- too much violence
- disrespects women
-cusses too much
- videos have too much ass-shaking

but this doesnt apply to all rap so im just wondering - what do ppl really have against rap music?

[radhikaeatsraman]

The reason people don't like rap is because people don't understand the culture that it's derived from. The fact is, mainstream rap is what most people hear, though it's a false representation of what hip-hop is really all about. If millions of people are watching a 50 Cent video with a ton of girls shaking their asses and degrading themselves while 50 talks about shooting a place up, that's not exactly going to make people say, "Hey, maybe there's better rap out there!"

The reason it's being represented poorly is because most people making these rap records don't understand the culture themselves. (Read: Old white guys rule the world.) 50 Cent's a former drug dealer. Never was he an aspiring MC. (Though it's just one example, most mainstream artists did aspire to be MCs before they made it big.)