erc19: I am still quite young, and rap actually helped me as an outlet while watching my sister going through the very tramatic, long bout with a very rare form of brain cancer that she had. Regardless of what people say (not all of it), it really did help me not to lash out at anyone to badly at anyone, and actually kept me as sane as I could've been through those troubling years. While I listen to rap, I also enjoy rock, soft rock, and oldies.