Rap Music

Rapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry, one of the elements of hip hop music and culture.The use of the word to describe quick speech or repartee long predates the musical form,meaning originally "to hit".The word had been used in British English since the 16th century, and specifically meaning "to say" since the 18th.

Rapping hip hop music can be traced back in many ways to its African roots. Centuries before the United States existed, the griots of West Africa were delivering stories rhythmically, over drums and sparse instrumentation.