Rap Informative Speech

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Have you ever wondered what world record rapper hold?
Well today I will be telling you where rap comes from and more including who the fast rapper and more world records. So where did rap originated from?

‘’Rap originated with announcements made over microphones at parties, which developed into more rhyming patterns. A strong influence on rappers was the funk sound of James Brown. By the end of the 1970 rap had become a full-fledged musical genre, thanks to such artists as the Sugarhill Gang and Kurtis Blow’’. rap music has no melody it only has rhythm and beat.
It is usually it a fast tempo and the word usually rhyme and blend together.

‘’Twista has a world record for the most syllables per second with 11.2 syllable per second’’. ‘’Lil

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