Rap culture is interesting and different and has purpose but it has a non-romantic view of life and of social feelings. There may be a void in that.
“A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.”
“I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.”