Got sick on their first tour. Lost some weight and we parted ways. Ahem, anyway, I'm not one to confuse the content with the container. Rap is an art form, comparable to any musical form we have. It ain't even a question, sir.
Rap is the evolution of expression.
A purely American expression, maybe one of the only ones we've got. Yes, yes, the descendant of blues and jazz. We've covered all this. But the point is not the past. It is the present.