man, America started hip hop, and will finish it.. no other country has no business taking hip hop seriously as a lucrative profession unless they come out here.. the 5 greatest of all time were all from the U.S. the greatest now all come from the U.S, no one over there is better than Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, Talib Kwelii, Mos Def, Immortal Tech, Benefit, Canibus, Juice, Eyedea, this is real Hip Hop, the U.K is respected for a lot of things, Hip Hop isn't one of them..