The first rap recording was made in 1979. Rap originated in the mid 1970's in the South Bronx area of New York City. This recording was rapper’s delight, performed by the sugar hill gang. During the early 90’s there was an up roar in what’s was called gangsta rap. Although rap originated within the African- American community, the style gradually attracted white musicians, for example, a white group from NY, the Beastie Boys. A …showed first 75 words of 496 total…

…showed last 75 words of 496 total…of the artist or that the artist portrayed. Gangsta was a more self-preservative of getting a much-needed message across; this form scared a lot of the general populous ,these artist felt the needed no validation of how they lived and if you had a problem either do something about it or leave it alone . I think some people had problems with the language used because they were not grasping the total message of the songs.