[Red Badger]

I think the first ‘rap song’ was Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue”........................

[dfwgator]

I think the first ‘rap song’ was Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue”........................

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Hot Rod Lincoln?

[lee martell]

In my opinion one of the first “Rap” songs to be a big hit (even though it was not called Rap back then) would be
“Hot Rod Lincoln”, by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, from 1971. The guitar riff draws you in and keeps you there.

The next Rap-rap that was a BIG hit was several years later;
Debbie Harry and Blondie singing “Rapture” from 1980.