The Day That Rap Died
Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive
"Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit . . . The turning point is hard to pinpoint. But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture's negative effect on society."
Or, maybe, when tragically hip adults bop along to Eminem while driving their kids to school in chromed-out Escalades with 22 inch wheels, it's time for the little tykes to find a new way to annoy their parents.
The return of Soft Rock, perhaps? That should make some ears bleed.
Agent Bedhead blames it all on K-Fed.