I like rap, because I do understand how rappers feel, and I do know that it is a reality that no one else quite understands just how important rap is to them. I also understand how extremely hard it is to endure and uphold the commitment of being rich and wanted all the time. Especially, since it is a reality check, when people from the community, can see and understand the truth of an artist, but instead, randomly make a negative assumption of “who” any artist is, without really listening to what they are singing. For example, the highly important “Eminem”, when he says in the song “Lose Yourself”, “you better lose yourself, in the music, the moments, you want it, you better never let it go, you only get on shot, tonight is your chance to blow, this opportunity comes once in a lifetime”, what he is really saying is don’t be a quitter, ever.

Most people outside of the rapping community, who do not like rap, lose out on learning about rappers, because they just do not know hard it is to rap, let alone be famous. In fact, they give artists absolutely no credit (that they completely and absolutely deserve), when they judge or assume, what an artist is or is not about. On top of not appreciating the actual rappers, the non-rap communities choose to hate rap music. It is one thing to not like the music because of the loudness, or because of the language, but it is another thing to get to know and learn about rap. Both, a rappers’ skill, and talent, and both a rappers’ language and way of speaking, and the way it is expressed throughout their songs, is destiny. My Point is simply, like the “Beatles” point, “Let It Be.”

I enjoy rap mostly because, I know that those who are rappers, are truly just like those who are not rappers. Explanation: we all were born somewhere, we all are successful at something, and we all have our own ups and down’s. Rappers were all born the same as everyone else, rappers have fully earned their place and are successful people, and whether they succeed or not, is not up to anyone, except for the rappers themselves. It is especially important to respect all rappers, give as much courtesy to them as a person can, and not feel threatened by their success, (in other words, stop being haters). Because it is the negative thinking and expression from thinking, that is directed (the wrong way) towards rappers, that gives all rappers, every right to feel the way that they do.

In closing I think that everyone in the community, that hates rap, should take just one minute and one rap song, and take the time to actually listen to, and comprehend, and decipher what rappers are truly saying and expressing, not what they are doing; what rappers are really feeling and wanting, not what they are taking; and what rappers are honestly responsible for, when it comes to bringing faith into certain listeners who want to be just like them.

---Aaron Michael Scherer