social hiphop

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101010/music_nm/us_media_videogames_rapstar

The article refers to hiphop as criminal because Lil Wayne is one of the key promotional faces.
This is what the author considers hip-hop,"new hip-hop classics such as Notorious B.I.G's "Big Poppa," Nelly's "Hot in Here" and Lil Wayne's "A Milli." Then, the article mentions this is what hip-hop is all about. There's more to hiphop than Lil Wayne and the article only mentions top40 radio classics calling that real hiphop. Then, mentions someone in Japan rapping to to the top40 songs as it being the worlds musical preference of hiphop. The article also mentions the game may not sell due to other karaoke games, and making the statement that hiphop in videogames is not a good investment.