>"I do see it [hardcore rap] getting less play, but it has nothing to
>do with Don Imus or anything like that. It has to do with the fact
>that people aren't buying that
><http://sohh.com/articles/article.php/11628#>music anymore," Kwe told SOHH.
>
>"If you look at the CD sales of rappers who are talking about that
>stuff, it's on the decline. It's been on the decline for years. And
>it's not because it's misogynistic, and it's not because they
>calling them hoes, it's because a lot of it ain't good," he
>continued. "The art of the music has suffered where everyone wanted
>to get in the <http://sohh.com/articles/article.php/11628#>game and
>just hustle. There's nothing wrong with hustling and getting your
>money, but when no one focuses on the art, when the art means
>nothing then people are gonna stop buying."
>
>"High School Musical! is still selling millions, R&B, there's
>certain country acts and certain people who take their music
>seriously that the music is still selling," he continued. "But
>hardcore hip-hop, because it's fraudulent, it's not based on
>reality, it's not selling."