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ELI5: Why is Rap the seemingly most self-indulgent music genre?

I'm not spiteful of rap or anything, but most songs I've been exposed to in the genre usual contain bragging/putting themselves up on pedestals. I'm not saying other genres don't contain stuff like that, I just personally haven't seen it before in other genres, or at least not to such an extreme or frequent extent. Is it a loud minority sort of thing? Is it something about the history of the genre? Am I just imagining it?
gpt
You are not imagining it, but there is also a lot of rap that is not like this at all. It depends largely on the artist. Listen to guys like Nas, Talib Kweli, Common, even Kendrick to name a few. They talk more about their life experiences/where they came from as opposed to money, clothes, and cars. Part of the problem is that a lot of people listening to rap are doing so just for the beat and/or catchy hook, and don't want to be bothered with dissecting lyrics and listening to an artist's message.