I sure wish we could.
It should be classified under "noise pollution," not music. It doesn't even have melody. All it has is rhythm, talking, screaming, shouting and cursing. It requires ABSOLUTELY no talent.
Horrible noise. Kids love it. THAT should tell ya how terrible it is. They admire talentless people. They LOVE only the screaming, shouting and cursing because it's what they really want to do.
NOW with rap-crap, their screaming, shouting and cursing has rhythm and is called "art" and "music."
What a slap in the face to Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, Tchaikovsy, Bach, Handel and other producers of MUSIC.
I'm not a rap fan, but I have come to the conclusion that the above statement is not true. There are rap artists with a lot of talent, but it is talent with words not music. Especially impressive are those who do "freestyle" rap, in which they must come up with witty responses to others on the spur of the moment. Those who excel at this are showing a lot of mental agility.