I'm not a fan of rap. Can you convince me otherwise?
Well, would it help to know that rapping is like poetry performed in time to music?  
I suppose but its not as good as shakespeare. What else do you know?
Rapping is a critical part of hip hop music.  There wouldn't be hip hop music without rap.
Well I don't really like either of them, but somehow people like it...
Hip hop is a relatively new genre since it was developed in the 1970's.
Really who started it?
Hip hop
Hip hop or hip-hop, is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx, New York City. The origin of the name is often disputed. It is also argued as to whether hip hop started in the South or West Bronx. While the term "hip hop" is often used to refer exclusively to hip hop music (also called rap), hip hop is characterized by nine elements, of which only four elements are considered
when they throw the odd curve balls in on a Sunday night—you go, 'Kylie Minogue? I don't know about that', do you know what I mean?—but I'm not having hip hop at Glastonbury, no way, no, no. It's wrong." As controversy mounted, Jay-Z replied, "We don't play guitars, Noel, but hip hop has put in its work like any other form of music. This headline show is just a natural progression. Rap music is