Rap

⒈ R&B (HIP-HOP)

The full name of R&B is Rhythm & Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues". In a broad sense, R&B can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock. Billboard magazine once defined R&B as all black music, except for Jazz and Blues. It can be classified as R&B, which shows how broad the scope of R&B is. Hip Hop and Rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, both originate from R&B, and at the same time retain many R&B elements.

⒉ RAP

The origin of rap music can be traced back to the chanting passages in the roots of black music. In the 1970s, rap music formally established its own style, among which the most The main credit must be attributed to the DJs in the popular discotheques at the time. They mixed the funk rhythm that was popular among black people at the time into the popular disco rhythm, and repeated the content of the same record on the record player to create their own LOOPS. With the emergence of the "djing" methods that are now well-known and widely used by DJs, rap began to be spread by black street culture and spawned quite rich branches, such as West Coast Rap (West Coast Rap), Southern Rap ( Southern Rap, Pop Rap, Old Schold, Midwest Rap, Latin Rap, Hardcore Rap, Gangsta Rap , Foreign Rap, East Coast Rap, Crossover Rap, Comedy Rap, Christian Rap, Alternative Rap, etc. Etc., what we now call HIP-HOP is a new vocabulary born from the synthesis of today's popular elements from these genres. Although some people thought as early as the early 1990s that this kind of music, full of swear words and rebellious words, would soon disappear. In fact, in the late 1990s, with a group of new rap musicians and white people, With the popularity of rap and rock-based music, music that was once abandoned by black people has returned to the forefront of popular music. At least in the new century, this trend will not subside.

RAP is the quintessence of black American music. It is an important component, the main tone of street culture, and a piece of "black chocolate" in world pop music. This article attempts to introduce several popular American RAP singers/groups so that fans can understand the background information of these people and find their favorite RAP stars. First of all, let’s briefly introduce the origin and development process of Rap music