History of Rap By: Jiggalow-B E-mail: oohrelay@aol.com Rap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970’s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success of the rap song “Rapper's …showed first 75 words of 1014 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1014 total…of others - often, though not always, young African-Americans from underprivileged inner city backgrounds - found an immediate connection with the style. Here was poetry of the street, directly reflecting and addressing the day to day reality of the ghetto in a confrontational fashion not found in any other music or medium. “You could dance to it, rhyme to it, bring it most anywhere on portable cassette ! players, and, in the best ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** qsq