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Originally Posted by EBORG9
Then, why do so many white middle class teen age girls and boys listen to it?
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Because it allows them to escape to a world they know nothing about. Suburban kids often live a pretty "auto-pilot" life. they go to school, play a sport or two, are involved in a club or two, do their homework and have a 9pm bed time. Rap is their form of rebellion. It is something their parents can't understand and don't like. It's just like when other people were kids and listened to rock because it was the "dangerous" music of their time. Rap lets them imagine they are part of something other than their normal, if not humdrum, lives.