PORTER WAGONER: `I SURE LIKE RAP MUSIC'

PORTER WAGONER: `I SURE LIKE RAP MUSIC'

NASHVILLE (Wireless Flash) -- Some 73-year-old musicians might rap rap music but not country legend Porter Wagoner. Wagoner says he listens to rap often and, although he doesn't have a favorite rap artist, he loves the beat. He even compares rap lyrics to square dance calls and says they're rhythmically similar. Although Wagoner has no plans to record a rap song, he says it's important for any musician to listen to all types of music. His latest release is "The Best I've Ever Been," which Wagoner says is the first record he's ever made where he "didn't read the lyrics off a piece of paper in the studio."