I don't think hip hop is dying... I think in general it's becoming more mainstream but it's certainly not dying.

I think rap, as in the technique of rapping instead of singing, is going to eventually branch off into a few different, defined genres. Right now we have gangsta rap, abstract, etc, and I think we'll get more categories like these in the future.

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I don't think rap is dying. i think it has expanded so much that it's become common place. if you listen to the radio and watch alot of videos you'll see that rap doesn't belong to Hip Hop heads any more. It belongs to everyone who excepts it, so anyone who can appeal the masses gets the airplay. Before when rap wasn't digested by everyone True Hip Hop fans control Raps output making rap music stay close to it's true form. Nuff said.

I Don't Agree With Hip-Hop Is Dying, But I Do Agree With Reach For Peace...

The Ja VS 50 Beef Is Good For Both Their Careers, But Hip-Hop Doesn't Need It To Escalate Into Actual Beef...
They Should Keep It On Wax...

The Last Thing Hip-Hop Needs Is Another Rappers Death, Solidifying The Stereotype That Hip-Hop Has Been Stamped With...

Hip-Hop Will Never Truly "Die"...Hip-Hop Is Like The Phoenix...It Will Get Wack For A Minute, Then Someone Will Come Along And Resurrect It...Just Like What C-section Was Saying...

"Hip-Hop Isn't Dying, Hip-Hop Is Evolving"

Hip Hop cant die cuz its us... Same way that classical music wont ever die.... THe thing is it will evolve

in the immortal words of Black Star "where were u the day hiphop died?Is it to early to morn is it to late to Rise?" Hiphop is dying a slow death, believe it. The bigger it gets, the more people get involved and make decisions for the emcee and they start to have more input to what gets on the CD then the actual artist does.