cool down and relax.  There is wonderful, deep and profound rap and hiphop
music, you just tend to like classical music, that is all.  Your peers are
not to blame, there is no obligation to listen to classical music.  You can
live a full life without loving Beethoven or ever reading a poem.  Go and
find some people who share your classical interest and enjoy your music
without bashing rap.  Rap is cool (this said by an old guy, 35 years - and
a TEACHER!!!!!).  The fine thing about life is that it is so manifold.

Have a good time,
Robert Peters
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