white people are paying top dollar to listen and watch us act like clowns and we couldnt be happier. this aint the hip hop i grew up on...

I think you folks are getting confused. to my knowledge NOBODY (not even mr cosby) has said that HIP HOP invented anything so stop jumping the gun and getting defensive...hip hop PERPETUATES ignorance and stagnation...TI saying "who im illz" is a far cry from KRS1 standing in front of a blackboard saying YOU MUST LEARN...