history of Rap

Most people refer to rap as “ a noise that black people make”. Well it is not. Rap is defined as signifying, testifying, and shining of the titanic. Rap started in the south Bronx section of New York. (Davey D. 7) Most of the rap that is heard today draws its rots from the Jamaican art

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Herc's initial style incorporated a lot of Jamaican style, but New Yorkers were not into reggae yet. After Hip-hop became "Americanized," the other forms of the culture beca!

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Hip hop is a combination of graffiti, break dancing, djing and mcing (also known as rapping), that creates a lifestyle with its own language, style of dress, music and mind set that's continuously evolving. com)

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. (Diggler, Dirk 5) The only form that didn't begin in New York is mcing. A sampler is an electronic device that can precisely replicate an existing sound or track of music. The main musical instruments used in a rap song are, keyboards, turntables, drums, and musical bass. Herc moved from Jamaica to the West Bronx area of New York. Most of these art forms originated in New York City in the late 1960's and early 1970's. com)

In the early 1800’s, a new form of a music player came out, it was called the sampler. Mcing is thought to have began in Jamaica with the influence of reggae sounds and it later became an art form. Major “props” is given to a man named DJ Kool Herc for bringing such sounds from Jamaica. com) The original rap started back in the 1940’s with Cal Calloway.

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