i don't know what it is but i cannot get myself over the rap/hip hop thing. i am about as culturally devoid as you can get. i mean, about 6 generations back is african american, and around then same era is first nations but other than those two individual people, my family is (as veela has pointed out in the past) one part white anglo and one part saxon protestant. wasp is as wasp does. so why the intense favouritism towards hip hop?

it started with the fat boys way back in about grade 7. went through the years to beasties, run dmc, public enemy and krs-one/bdp (thank you ryan clow!) in early high school, maestro when he was still fresh wes, digital underground, bell biv devoe, das efx, black sheep (thats your fault gard), through to college where anything and everything i could get my hands on. today i am married with a 4 year old and a 1 year old and its tupac, swollen members, ludacris and eminem. what the hell? should 30 year olds be listening to eminem?