Rock was the gateway to Rap. If it wasn't for aerosmith, rap wouldn't of been as popular as it is today. Well...that is comming from music critics. In the song Walk This Way by Aerosmith/Run DMC when Aerosmith smashes the wall between them in the video...critics say this is when Rap finally hit it big, and that video basically symbolizes that rock let rap in. I like rock better than rap, probably because I live in a small town where everybody listens to rock, but I enjoy hip hop. All mainstream shit is gay, Gay Unit and all are just terrible. I listen to stuff like...Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Slug, Necro, Tonedeff...etc. I unno...