DJ Kool Herc, generis hiphop pater late habitus, canit (2006).Afrika Bambaataa et DJ Yutaka ex Universal Zulu Nation anno 2004.
Rappatio, nonnumquam emceeingAnglice appellata, est modus vocalis quo artifex melice fatur, verbisadsonantia(en) numerisque portatis, usitate ad ictum(en)instrumenti musici vel synthesizatri(en). Hi ictus, paene semper tempore(en) 4/4, cum laqueis(en) ex aliis carminibus sublatis et ab agasone discorum(en)selectis(en), vel a partibus aliorum carminum a productore mutuis, fieri possunt.[2] Ictus hodierni synthesizatores, machinas tympanisticas(en), et greges vivos congregant. Rappatores scribere memoriaque tenere, aut verba ex tempore facere, et eorum opera sine adiunctione(en) aut ad adiunctionem perfungi possunt.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. 2022. Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop and Rap.Liber et novem disci compacti. Vasingtoniae: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 978-1-7341305-0-8.