Drease and Hip-hop

People say that Hip-Hop and Rap is not music because there are no instruments, but as was discussed in lecture their voice is the instrument. Hip-hop is very much a form of musical expression and artistic culture. But not all hip-hop artists are real artists. The true artists are ones like Billy Drease Williams. He raps what he feels and stays true to himself. After years of hard work he still has not made it as a huge success, but he never gives up because he loves what he does and knows his music is better than a lot of the junk played out there. In his guest lecture Drease said that whenever he would play his music for a record label they would ask him who he sounds like and they would end up not signing him because he doesn't sound like anyone on out there. I think that's rediculous that they want artists to sound alike. Drease has his own style and if they gave him a chance I think he could go far.