The Exact Moment When Was Rap Invented—and Why It Changed Music Forever
The first time rap was ever performed, it wasn’t in a studio. It wasn’t even called “rap” yet. It was a late-night experiment in the Bronx, where a Jamaican immigrant named Clive Campbell—better known as DJ Kool Herc—spun two turntables at a block party in 1973, isolating the drum breaks in funk records to create … Read more
