Your question is answered by the asinine claim you make. He's not the greatest athlete the world has ever seen and because people spew this horse manure out of their mouth, the hate comes in droves.
I don't buy that age crap at all. I grew up on this culture and though I have expanded my genres; Hip-Hop will always be my first love. For those who use that "mainstream" argument, ask yourself this. When you first heard the group that made you a fan, how did you hear that first album? With the...
Run DMC was the first successful group that crossed over to the mainstream. They started the ball rolling, thing is they were actually good. Vanilla Ice & Hammer (whack as $%#%) were the two individuals that forged horrible rap being accepted as "pop". I personally blame this period in Hip-Hop...