What Is The Origin Of Rap Music?
Rap, music was emerged in the United States in the 1980s and 90s; it is described as a blend of young African American music. It belongs to a centuries old heritage of using the tool of language creatively in daily life. The roots of the music are seen as part of the African-American verbal and musical traditions that encompass the unseen messages of slave folktales, the call and reaction of the Black church, the pleasure and pain of the blues, the jive gossip and slang of disc-jockeys and jazz bands, the boasting of street talk, the humor of comedians, and the expression of Black activists. Rap shares West Africa as a general place of origin. Rap gained mainstream fame since late 1980s in the United States, worldwide popularity began in early 1990s. Like other popular styles in music, it has a history that is strongly allied with the rebellious approach of its young creators; youth who rejected the modern music disco established during the late 1970s. Rap music is not an innovation, a