Origins
of « Rap » music
« Rap » is a music type from the “Hip
Hop culture” this is “street art”. It was invented in the ‘70s with “the
scratching”, “the beatboxing” …
The first rapper was DJ Kool Herc who was doing
some parties in the street of New York named “Block Parties”.
At the beginning rap was like funk and jazz and the first rap hit was “rapper’s delight” by
“sugarhill gang”.
We can say that the founders of the “Rap” were DJ Kool Herc,
“The Sugarhill Gang”, “Afrika Bambaataa” and “Grandmaster Flash” with his
famous hit “The message”.
They all talk about street, drugs, gang… Except
Afrika Bambaataa who was rapping to help younger people to develop their
creativity.
Every single rapper had his own themes like politics (Public Enemy)
or racism (Run DMC). Rap music is often criticized for the violence of its lyrics, some
people saying that this is not culture but this music type is one of the most
listened around the world at the moment and some texts deal with life before
rap music, poverty, street art and how they came out of all those problems.
“Rap” music is a real story.
Grandmaster flash
afrika bambaataa
Dj Kool Herc
