As of now, what most people classify as ‘rap’ is spoken messages that degrade women, incorporate overused gunshot sound effects, and lyrics that are marked dirty, simply because the rapper wants to say ‘fuck’ every two seconds; but where this genre came from and it’s future are two topics that need to be addressed to remind us that rap wasn’t made by Nicki Manaj or Drake.
Rap, also known as Kwaito music, originates from Johannesburg, South Africa. Rap was classified by combining speech, poetry, prose and singing. The beginnings of rap really took off when they were heard on samples of 60s and 70s records. James Brown actually plays an important parent in the birth of rap, influencing early b-boys (young men involved in hip hop culture) and MCs. In the late 60s and 70s in Harlem, ‘toasting,’ a tradition in which a partygoer would give a rhyming speech, became increasingly popular, as well. One famous toast, given by Frankie Crocker, a DJ at a radio station WBLS went as follows...
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