The coordinate surfaces of the Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z). The z-axis is vertical and the x-axis is highlighted in green. Thus, the red plane shows the points with x = 1, the blue plane shows the points with z = 1, and the yellow plane shows the points with y = â1.
Generally speaking, rap was started in the Bronx, New York in the 1970âs. Because of personal recollections and the myth-making aspect of hip hop, itâs hard to isolate the exact time and place where rap started or who exactly should be considered the inventor of rap.
Join me as I take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the origins of what we know today as Hip-Hop. Rap is actually a very old word. You can find the term popping up as early as the 15th and 16th century in Britain. Initially the word rap meant to strike or to hit.