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Rap Music History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rap music began in what city in the United States?

a)

Baltimore

b)

Chicago

c)

Bronx

d)

Los Angeles

2.

Rap stands for rhythm and Poetry

a)

True

b)

False

3.

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

a)

cassette tapes

b)

turntable

c)

CD's

d)

mixer station

4.

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

a)

Run DMC

b)

Kool Herc

c)

Grand Master Flash

d)

Cool Kat

5.

The Basic rhyme scheme of rap music is:

a)

AA BB

b)

ABAB

c)

ABC ABC

d)

AAABC

6.

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

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which is NOT considered an element of rap music

a)

break dancing

b)

graffiti

c)

eighth note pattern beats

d)

rhyme scheme

8.

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

a)

Politics

b)

Economy

c)

get up and dance

d)

love life

e)

all of the above

9.

Rap and graffiti are about expression

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Rap music made it's debut in what decade?

a)

1960

b)

1970

c)

1980

d)

1990