Actually, "rap" as a format is much older than that. It has roots in the "talking blues" of the 1920s through 1950s, and probably predates that, but there was no recording before then.
Actually, "rap" as a format is much older than that. It has roots in the "talking blues" of the 1920s through 1950s, and probably predates that, but there was no recording before then.