A 13 year old white girl from the 1950's is credited with the first rap song

[Lebowsky]

I don't know about first rap, but that's a damn catchy song.

[KevinNYC]

Black artists like Chuck Berry and James Brown owe their entire careers to Elvis Presley. He was a true trailblazer and inspired generations of black entertainers.

He's no Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but he's good.


Chuck Berry based his first hit on an old Bob Wills and Texas Playboys song.

[tmacattack33]

Here's the original without a modern beat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRSDzqFJnp8

Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and agree that's def rap, and it's way older (1937). How mainstream did it get? That song in the OP became top 3 on the charts in 1959. Maybe it's the first ever mainstream or top charts rap.

Mind = Blown.


And wow, That sounded just like early rappers...grandmaster flash and all them. The way their voice would get higher at the end of each bar to emphasize the last word.

[Shade8780]

fire

she got a mixtape? link?

[senelcoolidge]

Dodie Stevens is enshrined in the Music Hall of Fame for Hip Hop.

[Akrazotile]

Doesnt matter who 'invented' it.