Question

The origins of rapping can be traced back to a style of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. what was this style called? where did it originate? when did it first emerge?

Answer 1

This style is known as toasting. it is believed to have originated from the ancient African war songs and dance. It further evolved in Jamaica through African ancestry who modernized it. Toasting style was an idea conceived way back in the 1950s by deejay Machucki, but it became more popularised in the 1960s and 1970s in Jamaica.