The business of hip hop is probably the most tangible example of the genre’s dramatic maturation.

No one can identify the uninformed until they voice their ignorance about a topic. Silence is a fool’s best friend. Sadly, he is often too foolish to realize it.

For so-called conscious rappers, it is an opportunity to rap about ways to educate others about African American history, politics and even relationships: all of which would be missed if society merely focused on the “hook” and ignored the influence.

Love yourself and your expression, you can't go wrong.

Rap has been a path between cultures in the best tradition of popular music.

I know one thing for sho Heaven’s gotta have a ghetto
Cuz where else in death do I get to go?