Destorying a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame argument as to why Hip Hop and Rap should be in the Hall.

"In the 50s, they said rock and roll was just noise that was making our kids do bad things -- that it wasn't really music, that it ought to be banned. Now, some are saying the same thing about hip hop. Jazz, Folk, R&B, Blues, Country, Hip Hop, Indie. They're all branches of the Rock and Roll tree. Long live Rock!"

First off comparing rock to rap is their first big mistake. The only way the two are related is when rap and rock artists duet such as Aerosmith and Run DMC or Anthrax and Public Enemy which rarely happens. Another is when rap artists sample rock songs such as Boogie Down Productions sampling of Back in Black for their song Dope Beat or when Tone Lōc sampled Van Halens Jamie's Cryin in their song Wild Thing. These are the only ways in which the genre's are related. Now don't get me wrong I like some hip hop but I don't think it belongs in the rock hall because it is not rock. You don't see the blues or country halls inducting any genre other then blues or country. So why the rock hall does it is beyond me.       

The second and even more stupid thing they say is every single genre is a branch off of the Rock 'n' Roll tree. Now correct me if I'm wrong but weren't Blues, Jazz, Folk and Country around before rock and roll. Blues has been around since the turn of the century and some say even earlier. Technically Rock 'n' Roll would be a branch off of the blues tree as would many of the other genre's they mentioned such as R&B, Indie and Hip Hop.

One more thing to note is that when listing off different genre's of music they left out one of their favorite genre's Disco.