Rap Music Quiz

Rap music started in which decade?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

Rapping is just speaking really quicky to a beat

• True

• False

In which country did rap music start?

(a)  

Which of these is NOT a sub-genre of rap?

• Crunk

• Rap-rock

• Heavy-metal

• Grime

Rap music is a type of music based around rhythmic speech, like poetry

• True

• False

A catchy, repetitive, short melodic idea is called a (a)  

New rap music could have a message about

• Love

• Politics

• Peace

• All of these

Breakdance and graffiti are part of HipHop culture

• True

• False

Rapping developed as a vocal style by taking influence from 'toasting', a Jamaican style of chanting or speaking over a piece of music

• True

• False

Rappers write lyrics using a complex rhyme (a)