However, Lupe Fiasco countered a year later with "hip-hop saved my life." Common aptly indicates, "In the hood, hip-hop is the father." Clearly these artists have further complicated the role hip-hop has taken, and continues to provide. Nonetheless, some believe hip-hop will never belong to the "people" because it has been "consumed" to the "point of no return." Is this true? Can hip-hop ever be anything more than today's latest "trap?"
