HISTORY OF RAP
Before we are able to understand the history of rap we must first understand the actual definition of rap music. According to the Rap History Homepage rap is defined as "Spoken words with an underlying rhythm section of bass, drums and keyboard sounds. Words are spoken rhythmically over the music and and the accents in speaking are very important." Hip Hop is the "spouse" of rap. It is defined as the accompanying background music. The term Hip Hop was coined in the song "Rapper's Delight".
There were many influences to rap music as early as the 1940's but it first really started developing in the 1970's. Urban DJ's in the Bronx such as Lovebug, Cool Herc & Hollywood started manipulating records to make scratching rhythms a
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