resurection of hip hop

In the past years, there has been a popular opinion that hip hop is dying. But, there is a surge of great new rappers on the come up. For example, J Cole, Kid Cudi, and Big Sean. These up and coming artists are more lyrical than most of the rappers nowadays that are "killing" hip hop. Listening to these artists gives true hip hop fans hope that the genre is not going to die soon. We went through a phase of hip hop where all people were trying to do were make new dances and catchy hooks. But we are now moving into an era where rappers are trying to keep hip hop "alive." And these artists, such as J Cole, Kid Cudi, and Big Sean, are really lyrical, which is the essence of hip hop. Lyrics like, "For that living large but mama I aint done yet/ Sit back and watch your son rise/ Kick back until yo son set" are keepong hip hop alive