Sounds like you are not open-minded at all, no matter how hard you try. I tend to prefer rock, blues, and jazz, but there is definitely something to be appreci

Sounds like you are not open-minded at all, no matter how hard you try. I tend to prefer rock, blues, and jazz, but there is definitely something to be appreciated in a lot of rap music. Tupac Shakur, Bone Thugz and Harmony, Notorious BIG, Wyclef jean... these are/were very talented and musical guys, and not all of their songs feature violence or misogyny. Rap music, like any other kind of music, takes knowledge and experience to appreciate. When you understand why rap music is rap music, and what makes it different from blues and R&B, and how those forms evolved into rap, you'll start to appreciate the music.