People like rap so much because most good rap songs tell a story about the hood.  whether its a story about the struggle in the ghetto or a rags to riches story.  Alot of people like yourself don't know that there are people in this country whose father is dead, in jail, or just gone and the mother is on crack.  now you have a innocent 13 year old that sees some thugs gettin money the so called easy way (selling drugs) and rather than crawling under a rock and starving to death, this 13 year old decides to get the money that his parents are not providing.  No its not the right thing to do, but its real.  did you ever see the movie trading places.  do you see how when you take everything away from a decent person, give it all to what society calls a indecent person. the characteristics of both people change.  rap talks about the struggle of some of these so called indecent people, who because of rap are now rich.  hence the term rags to riches.  thats all folks be sure to checkout