Rap and hip hop becoming more mainstream?

Article: Rap and hip hop enters mainstream...!

Source: Sports Donga via Naver

1. [+410, -43] 'Show Me the Money 4' is just an idol battle, not a battle of rappers. The point of the show was to pick non-celebrity new rookie talent, please revert the show back to season two.

2. [+222, -14] There has been an increase of hip hop songs on the chart lately, starting with San-E and 'Unpretty', etc..

3. [+179, -6] The malicious editing style of 'Show Me the Money' and 'Unpretty Rap Star' has done enough to draw viewers in, consequently making hip hop more known. Can't deny that.

4. [+161, -15] As Swings said in his lyrics, "Listen up dongsaengs, hip hop is the trend now"

5. [+33, -1] There has been an increase of hip hop but at the top of the charts are always "idol style" hip hop songs and songs off of 'Unpretty' and 'Show Me the Money'. I don't think underground hip hop has reached mainstream yet.

6. [+32, -2] Articles like this are so misleading. It makes it sound like hip hop is popular but if hip hop really was the trend, then B-Free and Huckleberry P should've been on the charts with their releases last year but they weren't. There shouldn't even be a situation where P-Type is on 'Show Me the Money' but that's reality. Koreans like rap and that's what's popular.

7. [+24, -2] What we as the mainstream know isn't real hip hop, we're just watching for the shows.

8. [+17, -1] The songs up on the charts right now are rap songs, not hip hop

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