I've never known the true distinction between hip-hop, rap, R&B, etc. Are all rappers considered to be in hip-hop? Can you be an R&B artist but still be labeled a hip-hop artist?
Hip-Hop is a culture. Rap & R&B are genres of music. The culture basically has 4 elements: MCing, DJing, breakdancing and graffiti. Basically MCing and DJing form the foundation of a rap song.
I never liked that hip hop stuff. Kenny Chesney had a liver performance on youtube where he tried doing a little rap bit. I haven't listened to him since.
hip hop is not dead. Bboys are still breaking, Writers are still writing, emcees are still rappin and Djs are still spinning. if your referring to rap music. NO ITS ALIVE AND WELL. people need to know that its not the 90s anymore. People need clean out their ears and listen to whats new out there.
And Hip-Hop will never be dead.