HAHAHAHA, I'm sorry what? Hip Hop is poor people music? You must be the most ignorant, uneducated people I've ever met. Hip Hop isn't poor people music, YOU sound like you're part of the poor people renegade. Jesus Christ, I had to see it to believe it.
What can you expect from a white person named "Julian, Certified Weblebrity"
The popularity of hiphop in a community, along with standardized test scores, levels of obesity, occurrences of teenage pregnancy, and military enlistment rates all directly correlate to community income levels. Try taking the statistics class in your Dangerous Minds-esque public high school, if one is offered, and become educated yourself on topics before your spout off at the mouth.
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Alright, so you are basing your decision off a correlation of standardized test scores, and the popularity of hiphop? I'm going to admit that rap these days is pure vile. The average teenage-esque audience will love a song about obtaining cars and money, and the occasional "half-naked ladies up in the pool." Have you ever listened to a song by Rakim? Nas? Atmopshere? Aesop Rock? Grandmaster Flash? You can't judge a genre of music based on statistics. Music is an artistic form of auditory communication that can intertwine with one's life. Everyone has different tastes, and if one dislikes a certain genre of music, then you need to propose a decent legitimate argument to support your thesis. It seems like you are not analyzing the music itself, but you are relying on fundamental statistics to oppose hip-hop?? Rap and the hip hop culture was founded on people who vent their anger by rapping poetry about their experiences/horrors/problems. If you ever listened to a song by Nas, he discusses about his life on the streets, the problematic situations he had to live through. One man with one mic facing the vibe of a crowd on a stage is more difficult than some punk-ass band you love (Probably O.A.R. since you're more white than Ryan Seacrest.)
