Originally Posted by Chief

Rap originated from early hip-hop acts like Kool DJ Herc, the DJ's eventualy had MCs but over some years the MC took the limelight from the DJ.

An early MC called Busy Bee battled but really rocked the audience better than his opponent which made the crowd reaction more loud. One day at a tournment Busy Bee won everyone...until an MC called Kool Moe Dee got up on the stage as it was called late...so they fitted him in and called Moe Dee out to battle him...Busy done his and the crowd went wild but then Moe Dee filled it with lyrics...Busy rocked the audience by saying whatever he wanted but Moe Dee was more lyrical and put more effective words and alot more lyrics...
...If it wasn't for that battle we wouldn't have the lyrical MC...we would just have people rocking the party

That's an MC...
...but remember a rapper can't rock an audience...an MC can rock the audience and be lyrical

-chief-