Why Do They Call It Rap Music?

Question

complete the next line........

Answer 1

Because most of the people who excel at it have long-*** rap sheets with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies...

Answer 2

Rapping in hip hop music can be traced back in many ways to its African roots. Centuries before the United States existed, the griots (folk poets) of West Africa were rhythmically delivering stories over drums and sparse instrumentation. Because of the time that has passed since the griots of old, the connections between rap and the African griots are widely established, but not clear–cut. However, such connections have been acknowledged by rappers, modern day "griots", spoken-word artists, mainstream news sources, and academics.

Blues music, rooted in the work songs and spirituals of slavery and influenced greatly by West African musical traditions, was first played by blacks (and some whites) in the Mississippi Delta region of the United States around the time of the Emancipation Proclamation. Grammy-winning blues musician/historian Elijah Wald and others have argued that the blues were being rapped as early as the 1920s. Wald went so far as to call hip hop "the living blues."


Jazz, developed from the blues and other African-American musical traditions, originated around the beginning of the 20th century. According to John Sobol, the jazz musician and poet who wrote Digitopia Blues, rap "bears a striking resemblance to the evolution of jazz both stylistically and formally."

During the mid-20th century, the musical culture of Jamaica was constantly influenced by the concurrent changes in American music. In the 1950s, the descendants of Jamaican slaves were mixing their traditional folk music styles of calypso, mento, and soca with the jazz, soul, rock and blues of America. This fusion led to the creation of ska and eventually reggae. As early as 1969, Deejays were toasting (an African tradition of "rapped out" tales of heroism) over dubbed Jamaican beats. It was called rap, expanding the word's earlier meaning in the African-American community— "to discuss or debate informally."

Answer 3

Because to rap is slang for talking, so music where people talk rather than sing is called 'rap music'.

Answer 4

Did you hear about the new genre of music ? It's a mix of country and rap and it's called crap !

Answer 5

umm... i think u had a typo... music does not go after the word rap. infact, i shudnt have used those 2 words in the same sentence.

Answer 6

Because its Rap with a capital "C" lol .. sorry thats an opinion xx

Answer 7

They call it RAP because it's CRAP
It's not so Fine cos it don't Rhyme
If it made some sense as it went along
They might have even called it SONG.

Answer 8

I don't know, but I now DO know that people come on here, read one person's lame joke and then repeat it so you end up with 50 answers all of which are equally 'crap' (that's a deliberate pun - see what I did there?) and maybe one response that tried to answer your question.

Answer 9

i don't know what the rest of the line is but i think some of it should be called crap music. good luck.

Answer 10

Rap Music???? I thought it was CRAP MUSIC!!!!!! That's what it sounds like!