Rap Music

Rap music dates way back to the records of slave spirituals, jazz, gospel, jazz and blues, etc. This music has evolved with the storytelling of one’s life fused in with rhythm and beat.  Most fans of music associate rap with African Americans that are from the projects, or ghettos. Since a good amount of performers or artists came from a background like this, it has promoted the idea that their background should have a good intake within their lyrics. African Americans during slavery would tell stories in a rhythmic manner to have something to cling on to.  With that being said, where did the American culture come in? In the 1970’s rap music began to take off, particularly in New York.

In the 1980’s gangsta rap began to take over the game of rap. It seems to make sense though right? Surely the fact that the history of rap music, it was associated with the slaves, so eventually because of the ancestry of the culture, it begins to take place in another form made by the same ethnicity. Gangsta rap would talk about their life in the projects and ghetto, and because of that, it might’ve put a sour taste in society’s mouths. An article I was reading mentioned a poet that was jailed because of the gang culture references in his music. Do they take a step back with the partake of gangsta rap?