[mike o'leary]

rap and hip-hop are most definately music. no way around it lora. personally i dont generally listen to it, but if its on i think some of its kinda cool. but theres no way around it being music. every reason i listed for boy bands not being music doesnt work for rap. they do write their own music/lyrics. they do perform their own music. their voices arent altered. to be honest, i think it takes a lot more skill to rap then it does to sing punk/ska stuff. or at least to freestyle it does.