I also thought you might find this interesting...I got it from my
encyclopedia on my computer!! and it mentions the B-Boys
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rap music
Rap music is a combination of rhymed lyrics spoken over rhythm tracks and
pieces of recorded music and sounds called samples, taken from older
records. It was developed by black urban disc jockeys in the mid-1970s,
who began manipulating the records they were playing in dance clubs to
make scratching rhythms and other sounds, creating a musical collage. A
rapper would speak over the music, in street-language rhymes that boasted
of sexual or verbal prowess. Break dancing, including acrobatics such as
headspins and flips, would often accompany the rapper and DJ. Rap grew
popular in the early 1980s, and reached mainstream audiences in 1986,
with million-selling hits by the Beastie Boys (a white group) and
Run-D.M.C. Rap has developed into a significant musical and fashion
force for white and black listeners around the United States, and dance
remains a big part of the show for performers such as Hammer. Music
styles now encompass hard rock, collages of record samples, and
variations on older songs. Besides boasting the lyrics deal with
killers and drug dealers (gangster rap of Ice-T and Ice Cube), political
issues (Public Enemy and KRS-One), and stories of black life