When did you start getting into Rap?

music naturally came onto me like all natural young audiences today experience popular music, i experience all kinds of great music but i turned more to the rock and rap side, since i was a male it was natural to do that. the first rappers i listened to were chamillionaire, bow wow, omarion, eminem, D12, lil wayne, etc. but to now, ive bcome more serious about the hip hop genre and started listening to classics like 2pac, dr. dre, biggie, snoop dogg, and such because i wanted the "real" meaning of rap to be understood. i guess this started when i was about 14 i guess, when i started listening to rap music. i also listen to a whole lotta artists that came in path of listening to these, like 50 cent, the game, tech n9ne, twista, kanye west, drake, busta rhymes, ludacris, wiz khalifa, etc.