don vencent - You're a gentleman and I respect your opinions but I think you're off-base here.

I can't (and won't try to) speak for others here, but I don't like rap. Maybe I'm too old, but I don't understand it and its (mostly) just a lot of noise to me. The idea of color doesn't come into my decision at all - I don't care if the singer is black, white, yellow, brown or polka dotted .... I just don't like it.