Rap Music History

Rap music began in what city in the United States?

• Baltimore

• Chicago

• Bronx

• Los Angeles

Rap stands for rhythm and Poetry

• True

• False

When using the "Merry Go Round" method to mix beats, which device was used?

• cassette tapes

• turntable

• CD's

• mixer station

Which Jamaican Native began DJing and began the first ideas of rap music?

• Run DMC

• Kool Herc

• Grand Master Flash

• Cool Kat

The Basic rhyme scheme of rap music is:

• AA BB

• ABAB

• ABC ABC

• AAABC

New rap music focuses primarily on getting everyone up to dance.

• True

• False

Which is NOT considered an element of rap music

• break dancing

• graffiti

• eighth note pattern beats

• rhyme scheme

New rap music may have a subject matter that talks about:

• Politics

• Economy

• get up and dance

• love life

• all of the above

Rap and graffiti are about expression

• True

• False

Rap music made it's debut in what decade?

• 1960

• 1970

• 1980

• 1990