There are so many different kinds of music in the world today. Musicians have their own style of composing different kinds of music to express themselves in various ways. Some musicians choose to use different kinds of instruments and melodies to compose songs. So many people like different kinds of music such as country, rap, heavy metal, folk, jazz, hip hop, and so many others. Two of the most popular types of music listened to by young adults these days is rap and hip hop. Some people may think these two kinds of music are similar but they are actually different. Hip hop and rap have two different definitions and have a different style.

Rap is defined as the act of saying rhymes to the actual beat of the music. Rap is one of the four elements of hip hop. It derived around the mid 1970's in New...