When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad

You can take Rap out of the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood out of Rap.  It's poetry and music, like it or not, and derives from experiences no white person has ever had.

Furthermore, it sells to a large audience of white people.  If if stops selling the "fad" will be over.

At this point we all know that Rap Isn't a fad. It's more like a chronic disease that we can't get rid of.

@taters as one of my rappers would say. You getting mad I'm getting rich you getting mad I'm getting rich.  STIFF ARM!!! 

Taters, what’s your point exactly?  You don't like rap, don't listen.  You don't like the conditions that gave it birth, try to do something about those conditions.

Calvinj,

I don't care what rappers have to say. I don't waste my time listening to uneducated people that talk about degrading woman.