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Rap us used for entertainment too

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one leader would call out a certain part of a song and the rest of the slaves would answer with the next line.

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The majority of rap is about racism and stereotypes about the black culture

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a way to cope with the tremendous amount of pain & heartbreak of slavery would be to sing

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Rap is like a form of poetry

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Folk artists from the Caribbean were also telling stories in rhyme

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own vocabulary

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Rap shows hardships in life.

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African slaves who were captured against their will used singing to cope with the pain

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Rap and hip hop evolved from blues and jazz

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Rap was mainly developed by the Blacks in the past to not let their master's know what they were saying

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West African musicians used to tell stories rhythmically, accompanied only by the beat of a drum

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Is a way to tell a story

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Is a way to tell a story

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Expresses feelings and emotions

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Shows a person's identity through the use of "fast-talking. It is an african tradition