Rap music (good or bad?)

There are many different views of rap music and the main views of rap music are that rap music is mysoganistic and degrading towards women and the other view of rap music is that it a form of expression however there are two particular groups of people who have these two separate views, one is the parents and the politicians and the other is the people who are involved in rap music, the artists.

"The world of hip hop would have you believe that rap is a very poetic way of expressing yourself through music".

This is one of the sides that i was talking about, this side being the music enthusiasts who are into music and the other side: "Eighty percent of the rap music in the top ten charts contains violence. They glorify acts of beating up another person or even worse shooting them".

This is a typical view of a politician or a person who is just not involved with the music scene so has to find room to critisize.
These are the two main views of rap music, do you believe in any of them, you decide.
Laters.

Ajitpal