@audioguy85 - you realize you jumped into a thread where the most recent post was almost 5 years old, don't you?
And yeah, hip-hop/rap is every bit as much 'music' in every way, shape, or form as anything that you might prefer.
Too many people think "I don't like it/I can't relate to it, so it can't be any good!", but I'm sure you're not like that.