... conventions, indicating at its position within a wider strategic area, namely that of popular culture. In considering the rap music genre in a historical and critical sense, it is important to separate the concepts of rap music and hip-hop. It can be noted that although hip-hop is the subculture for this formation, it is actually rap music which is the genre under consideration in this essay. A music historian called Reebee Garafalo affirms this difference by stating that, Rap music must be understood as one cultural element within a larger within a larger social movement known as hip-hop. 4 Rap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid-1970s5. Individuals such as Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the ...

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