Evolution of Rap culture

It was the year of 1970 and the place was New York’s South Bronx where the rap music originally started. The credit for the popularity of the rap music goes to artists like Grandmaster Flash and Mr. Kool with their live concerts at the night clubs and promotional music tours. Soon the rap music became hit amongst the youth.

In 1979 the song ‘Rappers Delight’ by Sugar Hill Gang became the first viable success which provided a major recognition to the rap music. Even today rap music is an important part of Afro-American community and some of the big names in 1980s were Run DMC, L.L. Cool J and Fat Boys. Run DMC’s debut album ‘The Farewell Tour’ was a smash hit.

In the early times when rap music gave a knock in America it was listened from an entertainment point of view by the younger generation from which the majority of them were blacks. As the living was very much dangerous in the neighborhood so the youth kept on listening and rapping to keep themselves out of trouble. These black youth were not satisfied with that kind of music as a result they decided to make a new genre.

Majority of the battles are only just to gain fame and recognition amongst those who liked rap music. In the late 80s America witnessed the rise of rappers like LL cool J and Run DMC in LA and Oakland. In the underground clubs the rappers (most of them were black) used to communicate their day to day problems and what all situations they had to deal with, it also happened in the streets also. The rap balances all the negative elements that the people think and it has gained popularity with the changing times. Rap also has fields, like nowadays the rock band like Limp Bizkit are mixing rap with hard rock and on the other hand you have usual street rap stuff also.

With the latest advancements in the rap industry conflicts and quarrels have risen significantly which has also resulted in the death of rappers like notorious b. Nowadays the rap scene has started making use of electronic gadgets and it has given birth to Hip-Hop which is just like rap.

These Hip-Hop rappers write and sometimes direct their own songs and they try to make it more and more meaningful. Those who are famous MCs they will take the help of radio and will challenge their opponents. No doubt that the rap songs will contain foul and abusive vocals, remarks against the opposite sex, but the more popular it will become the more you will bound to find positive and negative points in it.