To be a fair man, I went to the trouble of putting a C-90 cassette in my stereo, turning to the local rap station, recording & listening to an hour and a half of this "music", I've found:

references of violence to women, including rape-glorification...71 instances

"popping a cap" (murder by hand-gun)...43 instances

drive-by-shooting as a sporting event...34 instances

selling dope to children...33 instances

complaining that "whitey" hates "brothers", and keeps same in the ghetto...45 instances

anything of a "positive" nature (hard work'll make you a success, love your fellow man, be kind to people, respect the elderly, etc.)...0 instances

BTW, according to their ads, this station DOES NOT play "gangsta" rap...this is the "mainstream" stuff.

I believe I'll stick with Leadbelly, B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, George Benson, Jimi Hendrix, Lowell Fulson, and the many other great black musicians who've made a cultural contribution to our world...life is too short to waste on filth.