Rapping – also called rhyming, MCing, and spitting – is one of the world’s largest and most common types of music, particularly in America.
Rap historically derives from early Griot practices, where historians and singers relate tales at a drumbeat rhythm. Folk musicians in the Caribbean also say rhyme tales that often establish the framework for today’s rap music. DJ Kool Herc, an artist credited for originating hip hop culture, was later brought to the Americas due to his breakbeat DJing form.
The 61st Annual Grammy Awards were celebrated in Los Angeles, California, United States, on February 10, 2019, and we were shocked. Cardi B becomes the first female rapist to earn Best Rap in the history of Grammy, but this was the only honour she was granted out of her five nominations.
Childish Gambino was the first artist to receive popular awards including Album Of The Year and Album Of The Year ever in Grammy’s history. With Beyonce as The Carters, Jay Z earned the best contemporary album, becoming the rapper with 22 Grammy prizes over Kanye West with 21.
Nicki Minaj:
Trinidad and the Tobago-born Onika Tanya Maraj, established in 2009 as Nicki Minaj, signed her first studio album “Pink Friday” a year later with Young Money Entertainment. It peaked on the US Billboard 200 and has a gold platinum status of three. She has also worked on other platforms including film and American TV.
Minaj has been named one of the most influential rappers ever. She has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, received 11 BET Awards and 4 Video Music Awards in MTV.
2Pac:
Tupac joins this list primarily because of the great popularity of his most unforgettable project, All Eyez On Me in 1996. At the time he was at Death Row, though his most recent release still had commercial success. Pac reached number one with “California Love” on Billboard Hot 100, and then unseat with the smash “How Do You Like It.”
Fetty Wap:
What Music Genre is Fetty Wap? Fetty Wap described his genre in reality and claimed in an interview that he believes his style is “ignorant R&B.” It incorporates part of the style of Kanye West with several lyrical moments of Rihanna, combining the drill from Chicago with the fresh style from Atlanta.
With his “Trap Queen” debut track, Willie Maxwell II, regarded most famously as Fetty Wap, joined the music scene in 2014 and then conquered the hip-hop airwaves with a distinctive look and swag. In March 2014, the “Trap Girl” was initially only a series of Fetty freestyle verses. After achieving regional momentum, it was driven by Fetty Wap’s RGF Productions label in November 2014 to collaboration 300 Entertainment.
He’s been nominated for many awards including the Grammys for Best Rap Album, the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year and the MTV Video Music Award for “Trap Queen” for the best rap show.
“Trap Queen” sprang to # 2 on the 100 charts of the Billboard Hot, accompanied by his singles “679” and “again” and “My Path” which all burst into the top 20 and debuted on the Billboard charts in his self-named first album – landing the # 1 spot.
Fetty soon became the highlight of hip hop and everybody requested a feature from the sensation of 1738. It looked fantastic for Fetty with four singles already under his belt, then did the impossible and won his third Top Ten Single with Remy Boyz’s “679,” which stood at the 4th spot on the 100 charts, and the anthem for the second part of 2015.
Kanye West:
In nine years, from 2004-2012 Kanye had at least one hit characterizing either the Billboard Hot 100 or Billboard Hot Rap albums, including a three-year stretch (2007-09) including seven No1 hits.
