Prompt for Blog #3: Ms. Brown's Rappers

In Josh Levin's article, "Rappers and Bloggers: Separated at Birth!" he writes that "Rap music and blogging are populist, low-cost-of-entry communication forms that reward self-obsessed types who love writing in first person."  If 'push-button publishing' (blogging technology available to the masses, often for free) has afforded such narcissists a platform for their self-indulgence, as Levin insists, has the 'Internet Age' also fostered cultural narcissism?  Does rapping foster cultural narcissism?  

And/or:

As a student searching for information and knowledge, do you think the proliferation of available resources is empowering?  Or does it make you feel lost and confused?  Not long ago, most sources were contained in a library--perhaps not as convenient as the internet connection in your own home, but tidy and manageable.  Since more and more media outlets are available for our consumption (not only online, but in print sources and on television), many fear an inability to regulate and centralize information, while others are grateful that no single group can control our access to information.  What do you think?