What makes white kids gravitate towards rap?
 

I mean 90% of the songs are about whitey holding a brotha down or about how much they hate crackas right? Wtf...I don't get it...

MTV? All teen programs now involve some sort of 'from the hood' presenter... its contageous. :(

makes them think they're "cool"

maybe if the rock music industry was given more coverage and less pop and rap stars were idolized then this wouldnt happen. bring on the metal

it will fade out sooner or later, nothin lasts forever

Oh thats simple: Low IQ, thats all.

was going to say that...

Kids nowadays are puppets in the hand of corporations deciding whats "in or out" and mold their own livestyle...sad times :disgust

Whatever pisses off their white middle class parents/teachers etc.

It's all about rebellion. The music is good too tho. I am a 31 year old whitey who loves hip hop.

They wanna be feared by EVERYBODY because they're "thugs." :2 cents: They're nothing but a bunch of wannabe tough guys. It amazes me how so many rich white kids wanna act like they are from the ghetto projects. If you ask anybody who was born and raised in the projects I'm sure they would say that they wish they grew up in nice neighborhoods.

When has that not been the case? I'd say what you just said has been true at least since the 50's.

Cuz they hard as FUCK, yo!

you people know shit about rap and need to shut the fuck up. there arent only artists out there that are mainstream GET IT THROUGH YOUR FUCKING HEAD YOU IDIOTS.

i dont listen to mainstream rap IT ISNT RAP. get it right.

rap rules. i start to go nuts after listening to to much twangin on that shit they call a "guitar" green day and blink 182 are the only half decent bands.

It's all about image I would guess? (and marketing)

Everyone wants to be someone else.

the same reason black kids listen to rap?

Wrong, that is not what 90% of the songs are about