Is Rap Poetry?

I personally dont think rap is poetry because half of the time it doesn’t even rhyme and just because it does still doesn’t mean it’s poetry because it might say about one topic then go straight into another topic, but a poem doesn’t go off topic it stays on the main part of action. It wants to keep you focused on the main part of the poem that it wants you to realize about the poem that the writer of the poem wants you to know, but some rap songs wants you to focus on the main part to because every rap song is diffrent and every poem is diffrent so you cant really compare that much because you never really know what rap song is gonna come out next. The only thing I can say is the only reason rap is not poetry because half of the time the rap song doesn’t make any sense and really doesn’t have the same insperation that a poem has. But some rap songs can be insperational like NF. NF raps and has very insperational songs because it’s like poetry to me. He has really good music and also when you listen to some of his songs it gives you a reason to listen to his music becuase every song that he has made has the main topic he wants you to know. But some poems can be diffrent because some can be funny, insperational, and just teaches you a lesson that you learn as you read the poem and thats what NF music does it gives you lesson to learn just like a poem.