Did Robert Delano Invent Rap Music?

Did Robert Delano Invent Rap Music?

It was hard to tell what nationality or race Robert was. He looked Chicano but he was a pale white. He had a pronounced nose like the French. He could have been Italian. The Delano’s lived out on 50th’ street in a bad part of town, on the edge of Black Ghetto. Bob was able to cross many racial lines. He was in no way a fighter. He was small in stature. The gangs didn’t mess with him because he was of the Oakland Race, the perfect East Bay mutt. He fit in wherever he go, but, not so in Boston, not at first.

Not two days after he got to Roxbury, Bob is in deep shit, and dragging us all down with him. We had moved into a big house across from the brownstone. Our landlord and his wife were white. This was…