So am I. That was the point. He came into a hip hop board calling the whole genre ignorant.

From my experience, such a thought is merely conditioning by exposure to marketing ploys set to attack any successful modern hip-hop artist done so by underground acts attempting to seek further attention - because they're incapable of doing so with the current music they make. The whole underground vs mainstream is a little nonsensical. Yes, some of the music drones on regarding the same topics, some of the artists don't know how to make anything BUT what they've been making for 3 years and can't leave their comfort zone. However, there are modern artists which have a more in-depth, subliminal message to provide. You just need to be willing to listen.

This genre, entirely, has never been, and never will be known as a collective of ignorance. Those who think that hip-hop, in itself, is nothing more than as you said "guns, drugs, and bitches" are uncultured and narrow-minded. You (as an artist) can either feed them ****, or feed them organic, original music.

Is "popular rap music today" actually a genre?

I was wondering that to, his argument sound like something I would have heard back in the 90's.

I don't really listen to top 40 music anymore, but Kayne West aside, is rap still popular on the charts?

Facts.

Ain't nobody doing the dab to a conscious single. GTFO

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There are currently 8 hip hop songs in the billboard top 50.

I believe he was referring to the "mainstream" Commercial Hip-hop; which really hasn't changed through out the years aside of the predominance of the bass line.

Currently in the Billboard Top 40:

#14: Broccoli - D.R.A.M. Ft. Lil Yatchy
#21: Sucker For Pain - Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons With Logic & Ty Dolla $ign Feat. X Ambassadors
#24: Panda - Desiigner
#34: Timmy Turner Desiigner

If you include Drake in rap, then he is holding #11 'One Dance', #17 'Too Good', #23 'For Free', #27 'Controlla', #38 'Work'

IMO, the "DAB" was developed when someone accidentally sneezed when the bass dropped one night at a club.

Oh well blame human nature I guess. Sex and violence sells, if political consciousness sold I'm pretty sure Drake would be busting rhymes to Greenpeace.

Wait--what's ignorant about that? How the heck are you defining "ignorant" anyway?