After 'Rapper's Delight,' hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real
- Written by Eric Charry, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
MC Solaar, a pioneer of French rapPhoto by Eric Catarina/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesSoon after the fall 1979 release of “Rapper’s Delight,” versions of the first commercially successful rap recording began cropping up around the world.
Two Portuguese-language versions, “Bons Tempos” and “Melô Do Tagarela,&...
