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Back in 1979, a group of fast-rhyming upstarts from New Jersey scored a Top 40 hit with a little number called "Rapper's Delight." The song, which combined funk, soul and disco rhythm with spoken--rather than sung--words is one of the first hip-hop tracks to ever gain national attention. Three years later, in 1982, Grandmaster Flash sowed the seeds for gangster rap, painting a bleak picture of urban poverty with "The Message." A few years on, Salt-n-Peppa put their own, sexy spin on the emergent genre, winning a Grammy for "Push It." These three rap legends, along with Lisa Lisa and Stevie B all perform this Friday.
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