RAP• Emerge of African-American

music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

Humble Beginnings: • Some of the earliest rap songs ever

recorded include "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by Fatback Band and "Rapper’s Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. The latter reached the #36 spot on the Billboard charts (a huge feat by 1970's standards), thus demonstrating hip-hop's ability to draw commercial appeal.

The History Of R&B" Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B,

is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.

MY RESEARCH

I did a small research on the popularity of rap and R and B. I took a brief survey and Here is the result.  

My FindingsNo Description Responses

1 Adults 10

2 Youth 10

3 Male 9

4 Females 11

PARTICIPANTS

My FindingsNo Description Responses

1 Like rap 16

2 Like R and B 18

3 Like both 16

4 Like none 0

RESPONSES