I thought from the title that this was going to be about the dumbing down of rap's political message in order to stabalise the prejudice toward black people having their own identity. I still believe that there were decisions made about that! Rap now is total bollocks and completely driven by money. This, like Tom said may have happened but, I think the agenda was how to turn it into a money making machine without any real anti establishment message not to create a generation of prisoners! Horseshit!