Rap music has been an upbeat genre for over forty years now. For its rhythms, rhyming lyrics and PC themes.
Well known rap group Neighborhood Watch Allegiance with their 1988 classic "God Bless the Police" was an anthem to the hard work of the Los Angeles Police Department, O'Shea Jackson's "Today Was a Good Day" references a working man having good fortune in a single day.
Then there's Curtis Jackson's "In the Club" a song about African-Americans being welcomed into a multi-racial gentleman's club.
This is why rap is so commonly accepted worldwide. But what if rap had a darker tone? What if rappers sang about gang life, anti-authority, misogyny, and other grittier topics?
How would this affect society's perception of it?