You are showing how ignorant you are of English language music here. Everything rap does well has been done for a 1000 year in the folk traditions of the British isles, with the exception that those ballads and songs had actual melody and musicality in addition to rhythm and rhyme. Hip hop is popular because it is easy to produce and a part of a popular culture. Black culture in the united states benefits from being seen as tough and street wise--see Renard the fox or robin hood for other outlaw cultural ideas that were popular--and thus something people want to partake in. If you can't be actually tough, then playact as though you are.
You are showing how ignorant you are of English language music here. Everything rap does well has been done for a 1000 year in the folk traditions of the British isles, with the exception that those ballads and songs had actual melody and musicality in addition to rhythm and rhyme. Hip hop is popular because it is easy to produce and a part of a popular culture. Black culture in the united states benefits from being seen as tough and street wise--see Renard the fox or robin hood for other outlaw cultural ideas that were popular--and thus something people want to partake in. If you can't be actually tough, then playact as though you are.