Ray Charles - "Rap is not music"

This is such a boring take that I often see in the audiophile world. 

I wonder why?

Rolling Stone to Ray Charles: How did it feel to be labeled the Genius?
"I ignored it. I’m not a genius. Art Tatum – that man was a genius. Charlie Parker was a genius..".

Bet you never even heard of Tatum or Bird.

Rap/Hip-Hop is arrogant, destructive, ugly Ebonics drivel - ignorance, the bane of genius. It is not only not music, rap is a pervasive and debilitating form of mental illness.

Here are a few practitioners of the rap genre of whom Hip-Hop lovers can be proud...

https://www.ranker.com/list/rappers-who-killed-people/ranker-hip-hop

Is there any other form of music (or "music") which can even come close to claiming this distinction?

You've got issues, buddy 

Nice Ad hominem, response, Nitwit.

Trash. Period.

I'm done here.

@stager     See ya. The fact that you referred to Ebonics - a term that hasn’t been used in 20 years - further shows how out of touch you are. Btw, I believe "nitwit" is a more ad hominem attack than anything I said. I also think it’s not used by anyone except the elf in Rudolph. Anyhow, enjoy being an insecure little bigot, but try to stay in your narrow lane if you can.