Rap and Hip Hop have produced some of the most influential artists of our generation. LL Cool J, Eminem, Biggie Smalls and Tupac are all household names and are artists at the top of their game.
Rap is one of those types of music that needs a really good understanding of the English language to master and understand.
Origins Of Rap
One of the first rappers at the beginning of the hip hop period, at the end of the 1970s, was also hip hop’s first DJ, DJ Kool Herc. Herc, a Jamaican immigrant, started delivering simple raps at his parties, which some claim were inspired by the Jamaican tradition of toasting.
Herc denies this link by stating that he couldn’t play Reggae in the Bronx and people wouldn’t accept it.