A+little+about+Rap

Rap Music 1970's-1990's- Firstly, rap music was recognized in the late 1970’s. In the 1980's rap music was spoken, and then rap began to have beat boxing in it. Also, a little later people would break dance to rap. Then, in the 1990's, "Gangsta Rap" began, it expressed about drugs, sex, anger, prejudice, and violence. Today rap features cultural info, but some rappers still express hate and sex in there rap. The start of Rap- The man we believed who started rap music was Cool DJ Herc, a Jamaican turntabelist. His career began at New York City parties, where he began cutting and scratching the turntables. Then, rap had its first hit in 1979 with Sugerhill Gang. This type of rapping differed from Cool DJ because it had no turntables, just plain rapping. 1982, the famous Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five released the song, “The Message”, a commentary that featured the hard lives of living in urban New York. In the 80's, came “Gangsta Rap”, like I had explained before. This type of rap was rapped by artists, such as Ice-T and NWA. 1983-1987, Run-DMC turned rap a new way. To explain, his new rap sound had rock in it. Their 1983 “Rock Box”, gave rap electric guitars in it. In 1985, they made the first rap video to go into heavy rotation on MTV. In 1986, “Walk This Way” hit the top of the top that no other rap act ever had. . . . Rap in the Future. . . media type="youtube" key="H_FXyiHH-Zw?rel=0" height="349" width="425" The History of Music
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