Rap and Hip Hop Music Fathered a New Frankenstein Monster

Technology at work

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I can’t believe it’s been 50 years since rap became a popular music genre. It seems like just yesterday when I first heard the Sugarhill Gang’s breakout hit “Rapper’s Delight” and marveled at how a small label could hire a bar band to simulate a hit track of the day (“Good Times” by Chic), have a group of guys talk over the track, and…