Do you believe rap/hip hop music has been a net positive or negative for society?

I am going with negative, for many reasons

One, rap music takes zero talent these days. In the old rap days like with NWA it took some level of talent especially with the lyrics, but I blame the likes of T Pain and auto tune to making it the musical wasteland it is these days. No talent, just create a generic beat and talk along to it. That's it. Lyrics have gone into the shitter and are not creative.

Second, rap music glorifies deviant behavior like violence, pimping, prostitution, drug use, and disrespect of women. I find it funny how the Me Too movement has not targeted rap music yet

Third, it puts a bad influence on urban youth. Just look at how many of them are "aspiring rappers" when you read some crime story. So many of them think they can make it as rappers, instead of trying to make it in a profession where they have greater odds of success

Fourth, it dumbs down our youth. Mainly teenagers. They all listen to this crap, that has worthless lyrics and turns their brains into mush.

Fifth, it has killed genres like rock music out of the mainstream. Listen to any Top 40 radio station these days and its nothing but rap/hip hop. Gone are the days when rock music would be played on these stations. Pop music is basically hip hop these days. 90s Britney Spears and the likes would have no place on Top 40 radio these days. If a song can not be bumped and grinded to in a club, it won't chart. And it seems like every pop artist these days has to have a rapper in it with a rapping verse. I believe this will end up making genres like rock worse in the future since less young kids will want to learn instruments used for that genre.

Sixth, I feel like rap and hip hop has paved the way for another garbage genre of music, bro country, which I think is worse than rap and hip hop music.