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  • Here's my guess
    1. Rap depends heavily on the ability to rhyme words and convey information in the smallest number of words possible.The "black" .
    2. Because rap is similar to singing except without the melody, it seems to not be as good at conveying 
    3. Young black (poor?) culture also seems to have become somewhat / somehow dominated by a tough-guy culture, and a lot of artists seem to come out of the poorer segment of society (e.g. Jay-Z, Biggie, Eminem).
      1. The more-middle-class / higher-educated rappers I can think of off the top of my head (Ludacris, Drake, Kanye) also seem to veer away from the more-violent / drug-related rapping.
    4. The poorer accent and grammar simplifies the pronunciation and grammar and changes the sounds of many words in such a way that words and phrases that would normally not rhyme do rhyme.
      1. Example: Biggie rhymes "picture" with "get you" on "Warning" → "pick-cha" and "get-cha"
      2. Because the ubpringing of other cultures focuses heavily on pronouncing words "properly" and using "proper" grammar, it may not be as easy for people of those cultures to sound "natural" while bending words the way rappers do.
        1. It's not impossible, and it's getting easier as the pronunciation and grammar that shows up in rap becomes more popular among non-black groups, but it also seems to be not as easy.
        2. Asher Roth's "I Love College" actually shows some interesting ways that white rappers can bend words and not sound like they're pretending to be something they're not: "I am champion, at beer pong / Allen Iverson, Hakeem Olajuwon"
    5. The "black" culture also seems to have become somewhat / somehow dominated by a tough-guy culture.
      1. I've read that sagging pants became popular because
      1. Counter-argument: Is Tupac really articulating his words less than Marvin Gaye?
    7. Internal rhyming sounds became dominant in the mid-80s and all through the 90s.
    8. Teen guys were drawn to buy rap records that made them feel pumped up / excited and powerful, and conveyed an image of being a tough guy.
    9. The music people hear coming from your car stereo or boombox says something about who you are as a person. Guys who listen to romantic music (Backstreet Boys) could be seen as not toughRules for what was acceptable to play on the radio became more relaxed.
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