Background Infomation on Rap Music
- The first Rap Song Realeased was called "Rapper's Delight" by Sugar Hill Gang.
- A jamaican DJ known as Kool Herc introduced and helped develope Rap in the early 1970's.
- Rap came out of the new york streets and went mainstream in the 1980's.
- Some rappers used their music to take advantage of political power in spoken words.
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five opened the door for angry militant rap.
- N.W.A and Public Enemy blended the line between music and politics, using rap music to say what they think heard by the goverenment.
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