an MC is a hip hop rhymer. RAPPERS ARE NOT
MC'S.
MC's are from the Hip Hop Genre, Which is completely different than Rap. Rappers rhyme about gold jewelry, loose women, and gang-banging on machine-produced beats. MC's rhyme about real life, everday life, on beats produced by DJ's. an MC(master of ceremones or Mic Controller) is
the main man of the hip hop show/album
Zion is an MC. TU is an MC. Mos Def and
Kweli are
MC's.
Murs is an MC.
E-40 is NOT an MC, he is a rapper. Chingy is not an MC. G-Unit ARE THE COMPLETE OPPOSITES OF
MC'S. Those last 3 are Rappers. Rap is a completely different artform than hip hop.