The rapture song is one of the earliest rap songs eva !
First song with a "rap" to reach #1 on the charts.
I didn't know that...groids be copying..lol
Uh no, Rap style used by Blondie was around almost a decade before.
Blondie crossover mainstreamed it to white folks.
You tube has some early "raps" in song going back to the 1940s maybe earlier. By black groups. Blondie just hit the charts bigger.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)