Use this method if you'd prefer to copy and paste your paper into a form. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk- kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk- kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk- kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkin the 1970s. DJs like Kool Herc needed help to keep up the talking that had become just as popular as the music they were playing. This became the job of the MC. Herc's first MCs were Coke La Rock and Clark Kent, and they added their own commentaries to the songs.
Coke La Rock made up rhythmic poems that gained in popularity and were the first raps. Others soon followed, and rap music was born. The genre has been written off many times as a fad by people who didn't understand it, but it has refused to die.
Afrika Bambaataa, one of the first rappers [source:
Rolling Stone], hoped to use hip-hop as a way to speak out against the violence culture that had developed among many poor inner-city groups. But later rappers, like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog, chose instead to develop hardcore rap, which glorifies the lifestye. The genre predictably drew the anger out of parents, authority figures and some listeners, but its popularity was undeniable. Artists argued in defense of hardcore rap, saying that they were simply rapping about the conditions of life in their neighborhoods.