The Times weighs in on whether Americans will ever learn Chinese. Having taken three terms of Mandarin at Dartmouth, I can assure you that learning Chinese is substantially harder than mastering the SAT, so my guess is no.
Interestingly, it seems that many elementary school Chinese language programs in the U.S. are actually subsidized by mainland China. I had no idea.
I will say: it certainly sounds strange to rap in a tonal language.
