LOL! Last Sunday, during the Confirmation Class, each small group was discussing temptation and how to avoid doing things which the kids knew to be sinful. Someone mentioned movies, and "8 Mile" came up. I asked if that was the Eminem movie, then made the gagging face and said I couln't STAND Eminem. Talk about a discussion starter!! It was great though, because I mentioned I didn't like gangsta rap for the same reason I didn't like Eminem; I thought their attitudes toward women were disgusting, and why would ANY woman allow someone to treat them that way, or even DISCUSS them that way. Some of the kids agreed with that, but they still defended Eminem as an artist. I guess it was like their Mama dissing their favorite singers. I'm probably older than most of their Mamas!
Which might mean they like it precisely because you don't! My music is pretty hip... My parents hated it. How is a kid nowadays supposed to rebel against their parents' conventions if their parents listen to Led Zeppelin? It is a vicious cycle! I hate to think where it will end up! Really I do.