Roots of Rap

Rap did not start that long ago.  It may have started at the most, maybe thirty to fourth years ago. If you listen to how much it has changed, from then until now you will understand the huge changes, like the words or even the style that they sing it now.  Back then, it used to be upbeat, and now it is not so much. 

Hip-hop wasn't really popular until he 70's.  It rose mostly from young African-American males.  Not long after that though young white rapper groups started getting together, like the Beastie Boys, and even the girl rap group Salt n' Pepper was formed. Personally though, I think that the later stuff is better than the earlier rap.  

Eminem was a huge changer in the rap game, he brought it from what it used to be, funk, and not saying much, to actually telling a story in each song. And that, I believe is actually worth listening to.  Eminem was also an idol to a lot of famous, and not famous rappers today. Eminem pretty much controlled rap when it was in its prime. He was up against huge rappers, such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac, 50 cent, Royce da' 59, and even Dr. Dre.  But Eminem was selling the most.

Eminem's band, D-12 was never really famous, they were really good, but they did get famous once Eminem did.  Once that Eminem was famous all of the other rappers in the group started getting famous, such as Kuniva, Swifty, Mcvay, Fuzz Scoota, Bugz, Proof, Bizzarre, and Mr. Porter.  Not all of the band is still alive though.  Eminem, of course is one of the most famous out of all of them. Proof, who has passed away, was Eminem's best friend,and it had tore him to pieces when Proof died.  

Eminem has been a huge game changer in the history of rap, and he helped build modern rap, and he still raps, and is still one of the best.  The history of rap really is a lot different than a lot of people think, and that is why I shared some of it with you. 

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