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This is a pointless discussion. I enjoy such discussions, so I'll chime in now.
Rap, or more correctly Hip Hop, isn't going away, nor should it. To assume that MTV is Hip Hop or to categorize Hip Hop as Gangsta rap is ridiculous. You need to ask yourself whether you should be trashing something of which you knowingly know next to nothing about. And if you don't realize that Hip Hop is not solely or even primarily focused on Drugs/Hos/Guns, you are simply ignorant of your own ignorance.
Anyone that would even consider stating that The Roots (as a prime example) do not create music must certainly have absolutely no concept of what music really is.
Personally, I could never listen to Country music. I know next to nothing about the genre. However, I'm not foolish enough to believe that it is not music. I didn't grow up on a farm, but other people have - and in so doing, they have learned to enjoy Country music. More power to 'em.
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