I hate it when people say things like this. You probably won't listen. but I can attempt to change your mind. This already proves that you are a punk elitist, so you probably aren't willing to even try any other genre. Do you have any proof of this, that every person who has ever rapped doesn't like rapping? How about the older stuff, such as illmatic-era Nas and Beastie Boys, or underground artists like immortal technique? Underground artists certainly wouldn't be doing it for the money, since they wouldn't be making much of it anyways. Again, not every rapper relies on other people to write songs for them. It's now obvious that you haven't heard any rap outside of the radio/MTV. This is one of the worst arguements against rap, and one of the most common. How is it not music if it has Rhythm, dynamics, time signatures, and Melody? Have you ever even tried rapping? It's incredibly hard to do it and sound good, and is much more difficult than just "talking in a rhyme". so Mr. "Rap Elitist" learn more than the basics about ppl music also involves instruments, not always about the same thing only different words I dont listen to MTV/the radio I never said rappers didnt like rapping i just said they do it more for the money than they like it i like rock, metal, grunge, hair metal, jazz, country, old music(1920s-present), hardcore, punk is a little sketchy, basically anything but rap, pop and hip-hop Don't assume you kno someone because they said that they dont like rap