America in the 1980s still had a very negative view of the African American community and so some rap groups turned their music into an outlet about the problems they had in their life. Rap became much more developed in the mid-1980s with rappers like Rakim really developing a flow with his raps and groups such as N.W.A and public enemy really switching the genre to a more political view. This was more coupled with simple rhymes and unsophisticated technique. This rap and many at the time were heavily influenced by disco and funk and were all about partying and having a good time. The first record to really start off the genre into the mainstream was 'rapper's delight' by the Sugarhill Gang in 1979.
In these years rap was always associated with DJs it was in the late 1970s and 1980s that rap started to become its own genre. Rapping became a staple at the DJing events with rappers (emcees) often being associated with a DJ in a crew, of the most famous being grandmaster flash and the furious five. When the rapping of DJ Kool Herc started to catch on many wanted to get into the new trend.
The first person to ever start rapping was a DJ by the name of Kool Herc, he introduced simple rhymes into his DJing sets to get people dancing. Rap comes under hip-hop as a subgroup with DJing and graffiti and breakdancing. Old school rap is the era of rap before it fully entered the mainstream from its birth as an accompaniment to DJs up until the end of gangsta rap, the death of biggie smalls and Tupac.
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