C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)

Since the birth of hip-hop, the genre has slowly become more and more commercialized. Originally, rappers used the genres popularity to address social issues, such as "C.R.E.A.M" by Wu-Tang Clan and post-humorous releases by Tupac Shakur such as "Changes" and "Ghetto Gospel," both recorded in 1992. More modern rappers, most notably Lil Wayne, Drake, and Nikki Minaj do not address social issues like the earlier MC's used to. These 3 rappers continue to top the charts but only really rap about their fame and money. I'm not trying to say that there are not rappers that do ddress social issues now-a-days, it's just not as prominent among the "top" MC's of today as it was in the late 80's and 90's. It seems that rappers are more concerned with clubs and money than bringing the issues that plague the streets where they grew up to the attention of the world. It really seems that Wu-Tang Clan was right, cash does really rule everything around us.