KING TIM III & FATBACK BAND - LIVE 1979 FIRST RAP RECORD | 42 years ago today (March 25, 1979) FIRST RAP RECORD: KING TIM III & FATBACK BAND - LIVE 1979 "
HIP HOP Archives - 42 years ago today (March 25, 1979), King Tim III (Personality Jock)” by the Fatback Band is considered by many, as well as cited, as “the first rap
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All Hail the 'King': The First Charting Rap (Hip-Hop) Record was THIS one – not 'Rapper's Delight'; a 40th anniversary tribute.
![Angry Asian on Twitter: "In the summer of 1979 the Fatback Band released a rap song entitled “King Tim III". The Fatback Band was a Funk band but was wanting to try Angry Asian on Twitter: "In the summer of 1979 the Fatback Band released a rap song entitled “King Tim III". The Fatback Band was a Funk band but was wanting to try](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dzf_or_WwAED1Xf.jpg)