Andromedical: Your second paragraph really nails it on the head, I think. The kind of rap you speak of is a social contribution, and has very valid things to say about society & the mixed culture we live in. America's white middle class is not the final arbiter of what is meaningful or valuable....and in fact, so often it remains willingly blind to the far-reaching world beyond its sheltered walls. The issue here is meaningful content, which the rap poems (songs) in question lacked. The ghetto reality is tragic & our society is to blame...and it ought to be trumpeted far & wide, in song, poetry & political commentary. Pointless & stereotypical poems do not do it justice, and in fact exacerbate purposefully & thus tend to alienate the very minds & hearts it needs to reach. It is not seeking for a solution. It is revelling in the problem.

I for one would appreciate seeing your poems.