When Was The First Rap Music Played?

What is most commonly held to be the first rap record was Rapper's Delight by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. Gil Scott Heron often rapped on his records in the 60's and 70's but these weren't true rap music records. The hip hop sound really started in the borough of New York City known as the The Bronx. Kool Herc, from Jamaica, was instrumental to the Bronx sound. He rapped over records as an MC and this is the style that led to the recording of Rapper's Delight. Blondie's song, Rapture, was an homage and a nod to a thriving rap culture in New York from which scores of records had already been recorded.

The first Rap song recorded in 1979 was KIng Tim III - Personality Jock by Fat Backs Band.  When was the first Rap Music played?  You have to understand that emceeing and rapping was only recorded on cassette tapes in the Bronx and Harlem, and it wasn't until 1979 did it first get recorded.  Once emceeing and rapping was recorded that's when it became what we once proudly called "Rap Music".  It was Sugar Hill Records that made the music official, marketable, and a new industry in music.  The first time emceeing and rapping was played was on cassette tapes coming out of New York City in about 1977 -1978.  Always remember, "Rap Music" didn't become an official music until it made it to wax in 1979, prior to that it was just what a bunch of disc jockeys were recording on tapes and passing around. Don't let "your" history in America be distorted by Jamaicans, Africans, and others.

Rapologist-Critic Robert Jr. James McClendon

In 1980. The first rap song was rapture by blondie.