i have to write about a person who changed the world a bit and lots of informtion on the person my techa said she like ineresting pappers so i wanted to write about the guy who introduced rap.
2006-11-04 08:14:05 · 11 answers · asked by punkey_monkie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Homer
2006-11-04 15:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by I Drum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There wasn't just one person who introduced rap. People have been talking rhythmically over music for a long time. The word "rap" I believe comes from the jazz poetry movement - and there are some very influential people there. Most people think of modern rap music as evolving out of the boroughs of new york - house parties and street parties with d.j.'s breaking up the beats to fire up the crowd. The MC started talking over the beats, and there was rap. I think it would be a false premise to claim that any one person introduced it. The first recognized "rap" record to be released commercially was Rapper's Delight by the SugarHill Gang. That would be your best bet if looking for an introduction of rap to a larger audience. In reality, though, the person who introduced it was the record company guy who made the decision to release the record.
2006-11-04 16:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by solita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight
2006-11-04 17:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by fordperfect5 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a child growing up it was called the dozens, Issac Hayes was the first person I heard use the term rap..Ike's Rap was the name of a song on one of his albums..trying to win a woman's heart. But this stuff now, it is a toss up between Curtis Blow and the Sugar Hill gang.
2006-11-04 19:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by latietee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run DMC
The first rap group to win a Grammy Award
The first rappers to grace the cover of Rolling Stone
The first rap act to earn a gold album (RUN-DMC/1984)
The first rap act to earn a platinum album (King Of Rock/1985)
The first rap act to earn a multi-platinum album (Raising Hell/1986)
The first rap group to have their videos played on MTV
The first rappers to appear on "American Bandstand" and "Saturday Night Live"
The first rap act to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 ("Walk This Way"/1986)
2006-11-04 16:24:22 · answer #5 · answered by nicolle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first rappers were actually white guys. Hipsters, in the '50's that quoted poetry to a beat. Check it out, you'll see. As far as modern "rap" as we know it, it was street kids, guys in the neighborhood making up their own lyrics to established songs.
2006-11-04 18:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by rswdew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight was the song. Kurtis Blow was one of the first & the best too.
2006-11-04 16:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by ELIZABETH B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
will smith was the first person on MTV, i think ice cube was first to rap
2006-11-04 16:21:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar hill gang
2006-11-04 16:22:51 · answer #9 · answered by rose01 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
blondie in the song rapture
2006-11-04 22:34:38 · answer #10 · answered by snoopyj3 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋