Is Rap music dead?

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spurgeonryan said:
So the underground rap scene is still alive and kicking. But to mainstream America, Rap is basically Dead. I just had 4-5 people tell me the same thing, but at the same time say it is not dead. Compared to how it was in the 90's-lets say...2010 rap is not what it used to be. To actually make a name for your self and make some money you need to be a pop-rap star. Is that accurate?

Lupe Fiasco summed it up simply that there is no balance.

15-20 years ago, for every 2 Live Crew , you had a De La Soul. There was room for introspective and rambunctious rap. Now, there is absolutely no rap based on technique, wit, or positivity in the mainstream. It is sex, money,  guns, weed, and this weird fixation with taking other men's girlfriends all the damn time.