Rap is one of the most popular genres of modern music. This trend gained mass popularity in the nineties of the last century and since then has been firmly entrenched in the world of show business.At the moment rap is used in many other musical styles, and the compositions annually occupy the first lines in the top lists of radio stations and music channels.
Description Rap is the performance of verbal recitation to rhythmic music. The rapper reads the lyrics to the beat, which can also be accompanied by electronic music. The subject matter of the lyrics is absolutely any, as well as the main message. There are several types of rhyming. The most difficult are the so-called “square rhymes” (that is, double rhymes). The flow of double rhymes with a powerful emotional message is called “panchline. It is often used during battles – a verbal competition between two rappers. The style of recitative is called “flow” (from the English flow – to put down). The various styles of rap performance are also called “emcee” (from the English MC – master of ceremony).
Rap is not only a genre in its own right, it can also be part of a song in other styles. Rapcore is a mixture of fast, aggressive recitative with heavy music and the use of guitars. One of the most prominent representatives of this genre is the French hardcore band Rise of the North Star. The birth of rap culture Rap songs emerged back in the seventies of last century in the poor neighborhoods of New York, populated by black migrants from Africa. Supposedly, the fashion for the rapid recitation of rhyming lyrics was imported from Jamaica. The first rappers were deejays and read their lyrics during discos. Gradually rap migrated to the streets. Black poets demonstrated their skills to passers-by and did not even think about commerce, but made music for their own pleasure. The first rap battles also began to take place. Two persons took turns reading out pamphlets in order to insult their opponents or otherwise show their superiority over them.
Ten years later, the first paid songs began to appear on records. Rap began to conquer Europe. Up until the mid-nineties this music continued to be positioned as a genre for gangsters and gangsters. In the U.S., however, the media began to pay enormous attention to the rap scene. In the late nineties there was the famous East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Musical battles took place between the leading performers of the two camps, Tupac Shakur and B.I.G. Notorious. Both were eventually shot dead in a street fight. The events of those days had a serious impact on rap culture as a whole.
Since then, the question of the so-called “trashiness” (from the English word true) of rap artists has often been raised.
