| Every time I say "Motivational Rap" people tend to | | | | everyone's art. I do however, speak for the parents |
| look at me as if I just said something foreign. I don't | | | | who I come in contact with who ask me "why don't |
| get upset because I can understand the reason. | | | | more people make the type of music that I make". |
| When you look in the music store in the rap section | | | | There are a lot of artist who make positive music it's |
| there are usually two main categories; "gangster rap", | | | | just that the public rarely gets to hear them. |
| and "gospel rap". Now we all know that gospel rap is | | | | I am not a perfect human being. I have made |
| obviously spiritual music(usually Christian) that speaks | | | | mistakes in life and I've been through more issues |
| to the soul of listeners. We also know that "gangster | | | | than most people. But because I chose not to curse |
| rap" is usually filled with violence and explicit lyrics. So | | | | in my music and write lyrics to keep youth from |
| what about everyone else? What about the poets | | | | following the wrong paths in life, I don't qualify for |
| who speak music that motivates listeners? What | | | | "Gangster rap" status. I am also a spiritual person but |
| about people who speak the truth in a fashion that | | | | I don't write every song about my spiritual beliefs so |
| does not have to be explicit? | | | | I don't qualify for "Gospel Music" status. So until the |
| Speaking from someone who has sold thousands of | | | | powers that be realize that there is a genre of music |
| books and motivational rap songs, I often wonder | | | | that parents, teachers, students and thousands of |
| what it would take for the stores to recognize this | | | | enthusiast are already buying, I will continue to deliver |
| genre of music. I don't want anyone to think that I | | | | this information to the masses. Thank you for |
| am bashing anyone's music because I respect | | | | reading. |