Presented by John Iskander, Spence Sowa, and Tom Vaughn, students at the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Welcome to A Brief History of Rap. I'm James Renfro. I'm a music historian and will be your guide on this presentation. If you'll step in here, we can begin hearing about this much revered and controversial form of music.

Introduction

Check out this timeline that highlights the emergence of hip-hop in 1979 and several influential groups that have graced the music charts from then until now.

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If you entered this site from Peg Syverson's Worlds Fair exhibit, here's your chance to go back to it.

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