rap is a way for youth to express themselves through song. it started through the "fathers of rap"( biggie smalls, 2pac and Eazy-E) who took it from the streets to a big stage.

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from here it became a widely popular form of music but also created a stereotypes that because rap was sung by mostly black artists, only black people could preform this genre. that is until such artists as vanilla ice, the wu-tang clan and eminem took the stage and rap became a universal wy of speaking throgh music.