Rap was started as a result of frustrated african american and latino youths. There a different theories as to where rap’s origin began, but one theory is that rap was born in the crime ridden neighborhoods of west bronx which later spread to south bronx, and eventually rap was spread worldwide. One thing that is not doubted very much is that rap first began in the crime ridden neighborhoods of New York City.

Rap music is a genre that is made of rhythmic beats with a person in the background rhyming and saying words that rhyme. There are also smaller genres of rap such as hip hop, mcing also refered to as rapping, DJing also called scratching and beatboxing. There are other smaller areas, but these are the ones that you commonly hear about.

Beatboxing has often been shown on tv, so it would not be uncommon if you have heard of beatboxing before because of tv. Rap on tv is also very common on stations such as MTV and BET. Rap is also known as <i>Rhythm Poetry</i> which is a fairly accurate representation of it. Poetry is extroardinarily similar to rap except without the rhythm that rap is so famous for having.

Rap is a very popular music style nowadays with the youth generation. Nearly everyone has heard it played at one point in their life, and like it or love it, it is almost guaranteed to be one of the famous music genres of this time.