Hip hop has become the dominant genre of American pop, yet (a maverick genius like Eminem aside) it has little to say that resonates beyond its home nation's shores (the biggest- selling UK hip hop act of 2004 was Birmingham's the Streets). Its global ambitions are not much helped by the reluctance of many US hip hop stars to travel abroad. American pop is in danger of becoming as inward-looking as its politics, and local acts are more than willing to fill that vacuum.
Besides being a ridiculous statement, (US acts blare from stereos worldwide, and not just as a means of torture) it's another example of gratuitous Boooosh bashing.
Besides you could make a strong argument that Country is far more popular and more 'dominant' as a genre in the U.S. at large than hip hop (but the U.S. is so broad, expansive and diverse that there is plenty of room for many different genres).
There is no arguing that hip hop is the 'dominant' genre of the NY/LA music press. But that's a small insular, incestuous bubble (I forget only the President lives in a bubble).
UPDATE: I've modified the title of this post slightly (dropped down to only 4 Os in Boooosh) after googling 3,4,5 & 6 Os, 4 Os seems to be the most popular (though 5 or 6 Os is fairly close).
Since I've used the 4 O Boooosh in the past for the sake of consistency I'll maintain that as the official orthography for representing the proper pronounciation of the President's last name when imitating sufferers of Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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