Nemesis6,
You should try looking at some American East-Coast rap, as well as artists like R.A. the Rugged Man and Immortal Technique. Both of them are interesting, intelligent guys who don't rap as often about cars, money and babes as other rappers.
The problem with rap, and with many genres of music, is that the so called 'mainstream' artists give the genre a bad name. Now when rappers like 'fiddy and the whole G-Unit crew get up there, they rap about hoes, money, and guns, in that order. But it isn't hugely representative of what rap is. If you listen to kids in your area rapping, you can tell the younger blokes apart because they'll imitate what they see on MTV and sound like they've been lifted from Southside Jamaica Queens. You can tell the real guys by what they rap about, often hilariously subverting the stereotype, rapping about how they don't have money, can't recall a good girlfriend and the fact their car got broken into the week before. Or at least that's the way it is in my area.
For people who live that lower-class lifestyle (as opposed to the rising occurrence of rich kids stooping down thinking it's cool), rap *can* be a dickwaving tool, but it's not usually. It's a form of expression/storytelling medium and a way to pass time. And the only times you'll ever see dickwaving is when A) the rapper is from the West Coast, or B) it's two guys ever famously 'freestyle rap battling'.
