Rap music : Good or Bad?

I was looking at the beginning section of the reading and noticed a topic that i have discussed with people many times before. Tricia Rose states that Rap music is a "confusing and noisy element of contemporary American pop culture". I agree with her that it is confusing. People try to argue that "ALL" rap music is very violent and not influential. Others say its the best genre of music because rappers are "ALL" so real when they speak about their lives. In my opinion, you cannot generalize rappers, some have great lyrics that have nothing to do with gang life and violence and those who do speak about life on the streets are telling their story. Maybe it isn't something you want your 7 year old to be listening to but then again, the rappers don't make their music trying to persuade kids to live the life they lived. Overall, Rap is only another genre of music, people can pick up violence and bad habits in many other genres so why is rap music usually the one attacked?