I really like the flow of rap music! Are you a fan?
Yeah! I must admit I'm an old lady and am not too familiar with newer rap artists except for Kendrick Lamar. What can you tell me about rap and its history?
The earliest precursor to rap was thought to be a West African griot tradition. Rappers were known as "oral historians" or "praise-singers"!
That makes sense! I bet it sounded really cool
I'll bet it did! A lot of people seem to think that rap and hip-hop are the same, but they're not. Rap is actually much older than hip-hop music.
What is the difference?
Believe it or not, hip hop is characterized by nine elements. I don't think rap has quite that many. Rap is much more old school!
What are the nine elements, do you know? Wow there's a lot to learn about this art form
graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term "hip hop music" is sometimes used synonymously with the term "rap music", though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing,
"This is my fucking moment to say if I wanted to rap all the time, really rap, I would, but I also love to make music. I'll do this for you right now. But it's for me, too. It's my story…I'm trying to get back to that kid in the basement. To say what he has to say. And I'm trying to make it last."
On February 10, 2013, the same night Drake won a Grammy for Best Rap