The Evolution Of Rap Music

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Rap music has changed since the late 70’s people of all races has heard rap music and most enjoyed the style. Rap music is a unique type of music that came from other different types of music. The sound is different from most music styles that’s out today, the rap music today rappers they call themselves rapping about anything. Rappers today rap about the same thing. The music has become meaningless to most of the older generation they say the use the same beats everything sounds the same. Young people say that rap music is the way they express themselves and older people on the other hand say rap music is degrading and it’s a waste of time also causes violence. Redefined, but Retired this music industry has changed, developed, risen, fallen

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