Last updated on January 31, 2022
We examine the recorded history of rap within poetry, spoken word, blues, bebop, ragtime & jazz in the early 1900s. We play clips of George W. Johnson, Bert Williams, Lucille Bogan, Memphis Minnie, Memphis Jug Band, Beale Street Sheiks, Blind Willie Johnson, Golden Gate Quartet & Lincoln ‘Stepin Fetchit’ Perry to add proper source material context.
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