I'vehad this discussion with my son, who is a rap fan and can even rap-rhyme ( Ugh! I cannot believe I actually admitted that in public.). I kept telling him that rap was a retimed folk genre and that the first rapper was Bob Dylan. He kept telling me that I was nuts. So, one day I handed him a copy of the lyrics to , "The Times They Are A Changing " and played him the recording. He then took the lyric sheet and sang- spoke it to a rap beat. He was amazed with the result and grudgingly semi-conceded the point.