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

Yes I have a strange way with the English language.  I type on a small iPad.  Sometimes too quickly. Lol.  However, enjoy your music. You like what you like. I don't care if I put people off or if I make a good case for my cause on this particular thread.  It is what it is. One would not expect to ever get a positive reaction or common ground on certain things in certain situations.  This one of them.  I don't think you make a case for your points either but at the end of the day it's not really important to either of us. It would be foolish to think that what I say to you and you to me matters much at all when it comes to this.  In your mind you think you have made brilliant observations about this subject. I beg to differ but in the end we probably will never meet or have a listening session and based on your responses that probably is a good thing for us both.  Now back to my jazz and my hip hop fad. Lol

Because its top garbage .

calvinj, you spend a lot of time telling other people what's going on in their minds.  Please share  the source of your clairvoyant powers as we'd all like a little bit of that amazing ability. 

"Racial over/undertones?  Absolutely."

Trust me, I've been around genuine racism and tater's anti-rap statements are benign in effect and possibly in intent as well. You have no way of knowing his racial views from what he is saying about rap music.  You are way off base here.