Why hip-hop is hated.

I think main problem is bad rap stuff ( bling, bling... ) people see on TV and, beacuse they aren't openminded, think all rap is like that so they even don't want to listen to other stuff with hip-hop smell. Just in short

I've come across numerous people in person and on the internet who have nothing but disdain for rap. These people tend to be much more vocal about their hate of the genre in comparison to people who don't like other types of music. From what I've seen, many will go out of their way to express their distaste for the music so far as hate speech and threats of violence towards those that endorse or produce the music. Which is much different than other people who tend to simply ignore what they do not like as far as music goes. Further more, not only do these people hate the genre, they want to hate it meaning they won't go out of their way to try new music at all. They will even go so far as to say that it isn't music at all. Which had they knowledge of the definition of music and what music is they would know it fits that very definition. (And having eleven years experience with music theory and piano and eight with the violin is helpful too).

There is a fundamental misunderstanding of what rap music is and that can be seen by simply visiting the "anti-rap and hip-hop" forums on this site. You'll see people who hate rap, but in reality they hate the same aspects of rap that many rap fans don't care for either.
The glorification of misogyny, violence, drugs, and other deprecating acts are often thought to be the center of rap music and its message. But in reality, the lyrics of rap are as diverse as any other genre. They can be poetic, beautiful and invoke the deepest emotions be they sadness and melancholy or laughter and joy. Further more rap embraces other cultures of music. There are many musical forms of rap and they incorporate rock, electronic, romanticized music, classical, metal, even country (and of course the bread and butter of rap production which is jazz, funk, and soul music). It's a diverse genre and many do not know or are not willing to accept this.

Although people who hate rap and keep closed ears to it despite our pleas not to are problematic in the acceptance of the music. It is the mainstream rap industry that hurts rap the most. By showing crunk, gangster and narcissistic rappers on music television and playing their music on the radio, the general populous gets the idea that rap music is a talentless belligerent music which simply isn't true.

In my experience however, those that keep an open mind to rap (and music in general) and try recommendations from fans of non-commercial rap end up either enjoying it or at the very least having a level of respect for the music. As an example, from other forums I'm a part of I've had several people come and just rip on me for listening to rap however, after listening they came out with a completely different view of the genre, some of them actively looking for music afterwards and some simply agreeing that rap does take talent and is much more than what we normally see in the media.

I can only hope that those that those that need to see this message will read it and further more act on it by actively seeking out music that is considered good by fans of the genre. If you are a fan of music you shouldn't want to hate any genre of music because the enjoyment of more music increases your knowledge of music as a whole. As it stands, these anti-music genre groups try to keep their populous rather homogeneous in thought and opinion and are not interested in a thought provoking exchange of ideas.

I'm surrounded by people in my area who'll dismiss the entire genre of hip-hop (and rap) as being shit. I find that for the most part, those people don't go so far as to even look up *any* hip-hop artists beyond those on the radio. The radio puts on a poor representation for any genre; even I could dismiss the entire genre of rock as being awful if I went by the radio alone, which so many people do to hip-hop.

The reason I think why a lot of folks don't even attempt to look up hip-hop artists beyond those on MTV is simply because it's trendy to hate hip-hop. And rap. People are always looking for a strong stance on something, to appear to others as having a strong opinion.. and Rap and Hip-Hop's an easy target.

I havent read anything that anyone has posted, but it can be summed up why it is hated in one name: 50 Cent.

Because of the Current Mainstream, and the generalized basic-ness of it.

the same reason people used ot think rock was the devil's music. they're fucking dinosaurs. Music's flat earth society.

O.o Ever rapper wants to be a G? They never heard mike shinoda (Solo), Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples, Swollen Members & more.
Besides I never heard Jay-Z sayign he's a G, there are many rappers that doesn't care about that. God they're stupid.

Yeah, I noticed that many of them are metalheads and they're anti-pop & many other things, they got this new bulldshit "Mallcore"
Just don't start flaming here metal & rock XP

blackspark said:
I was just reading the I hate rap because it's idiotic and it sucks. group and they were talking about our group. They want to invade us what-not.

And if we invaded their group they'd probably say we weren't tolerating their opinions and we hated free speech! No seriously, they would say that.

I used to hate entire genres of music and was a member of a bunch of anti-groups. Then I saw anti groups for music I liked, and realized how much of an asshole I come off as.

Why is rap hated, I would've thought thats obvious, its not "tr00 kvlt nvrwvgvvn blvk \m/" and therefore a faggot pussy genre.

If you look at those groups charts theyre mainly full of metal, which really says something about metalheads.

I have to agree with all the "I hate these idiotic metalheads" statements. I won't dismiss anyone because he listens to metal. Hell, one of me friends is a metalhead, although I know he likes 1 Three Days Grace song & 1 SR-71 song. Anyway, Rap is a very diverse-artists just need to get more famous. Hell, I got no problem with "GET CRUNK!!" stuff, I got a problem that there's alot of good rap out there that's great but NO ONE gives it a try.

I swear, I die a little bit inside every time I read that thread in that group's forum. They're so fucking far up themselves... I don't judge rock and metal on MCR and Trivium so why should they judge hip-hop on 50 Cent and Soulja Boy? Schindlers_Fist said it best when they called them music's flat earth society.

(edited due to spelling error)