First of all, there's plenty of rap that is "hard" in sound and content but not at all gangsta either. Public Enemy obviously comes to mind.

Second, I get really tired of arguments that assign every opinion you disagree with to every person who isn't yourself. It's a logical fallacy, and a blatant one. If you know a particular person or a few particular people who held both of these opinions, go after them. Otherwise you're just assuming it was the same people that said both things, when at least half the time it probably wasn't. Plenty of people here do like gangsta rap and always have; plenty of others like Drake and "emo rap"; so who exactly are you directing this at? Single them out. It's not you-vs.-the-hivemind (which is the exact problem that derails 3/4 of O_E's posts).

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