Was rap music created by blacks?
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The roots of hip hop music are in West African and African American music, as well as 1970s dance hall reggae. Discussion of the roots of hip hop (and rap) must mention the contributions of the griots of African Culture. As well as musicians such as; The Last Poets, Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, and Gil Scott-Heron, whose jazzy and poetic "spiels" commented on 1960s culture. There have also long been verbal traditions such as the dozens which have influenced the roots.
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The rap and hip-hop music is apart of their culture. Those things such as *pimping/huslting have really happened to these people. They have  SEEN the violence and HEARD the PROFANITY. If rockers can say what is on their mind in their music than so can BLACK PEOPLE. And we have the right of freedom of speech. YOU CANT destroy black culture. AND BLACK PEOLE arent the only rappers. PAUL WALL>>>>EMINEM. They are rappers becuz they have seen the 1)sex, 2)drugs, 3)violence, 5)Profanity[too much] 4)Hustling/pimping, 5)Acting "tough" and all that crap. THEY KNOW THE REAL WORLD. PEople singing about stuff that isnt real is why people chose hip-hop and rap music!
578781
You want ghetto music, that would be people like this,Easy E.,Ice Cube,Lil Whyte,Scarface, people like that is your ghetto music.
1185989
YES!!!...I mean look at rap today, all the talk about, ALL THEY EVER TALK about is guns,sex, and violance. Some rappers even pride themselves over their "gangsta" past lie it were some trophy. They talk about how the media is bringing them down when in fact they themselves are bringing the blackman down with their hate music. Thats right I said hate music, why..? Go to any music store and look for any black rappers album and play it, you'll notice at least one reference to how the "white man" did this to him, 'the white man" did that to him, worse some even claim "the white man" forced him into selling drugs and pimping. Nigger please, I'm black and im sick of rappers today. i used to enjoy rap music back in the old days when the rap was clean yet addictive. Everything the rap industry once stood for is now being destroyed by narrow minded fool who still got their mind in the ghetto eventhough their living in luxury now.
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i think it depends on who your asking. im an african american and i like hip hop. you would never usually hear a black person say they like rock. but im one of those who do. i like both. my favorite hip hop artist is kanye west and my favorite rock group is my chemical romance. they both bring good music. some people shouldnt be so "one type". everything has its own style. hell, i even like a little bit of country!!!!
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Hip-hop/rap is uncreative, unimaginative crap.\n\nMoney this, cars that, ho's this, bling that and on and on and on.
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You should also mention some similarities, because rap actually owes a good deal to reggae.  In the 1950s, Jamaican DJs set up these mobile "sound systems," which were basically turntables, speakers, and a generator all strapped to a beat-up truck.  They'd drive around and get a street party together, blasting American R&B from the sound system.  Eventually they started playing home-grown ska music, a precursor to reggae.\n\nThis "sound system" phenomenon, along with DJ Kool Herc, moved to New York City in the 1970s and was continued in the form of block parties, which is where two of the pillars of hip-hop, break dancing and needle-drop DJ'ing techniques, were born and perfected.
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Blacks have made many important contributions throughout history in science, medicine, law, athletics, and many other fields. In other words, it's not just the music.
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Rap.  You don't even make the music. In the late 80s, all the rap songs were from samples of two or three other songs.  You don't need to sing or dance.  There are only three themes (gang banging, pimps and hos, and party).
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well that tupac verse actually came from a tupac song called until the end of time.  someone prob. just took lyrics from different songs and put them on the same beat, it is prob. a mix tape, but the only lyrics i recognized is pac's and that was from his song until the end of time
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rap r&b and reggaeton
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Music By 2pac, Nas, Jay-z, Notorious B.I.G., eminem, Dr.dre  and 50 Cent are the top artist, they make really good music. for hip-hop/Ray.
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Perhaps it came in with the Rap singers????
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99 % of (c)Rap is trash! Rap is CRAP! lyrically and musically.
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Yes. Everything that is NON rap.\n\nNext?
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It sounds like the same beat because it is the same beat. It was sampled. The lack of originality in hip-hop over the last 10-15 years is just appalling.
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thats most likely they're own stuff.  its freestyle and beatboxing, totally original.  very interesting.