  I heard some rap from Mediaeval France too lol. A way they told stories sounds exactly like they were rapping :rofl  Good point, the Medieval French troubadours  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadours  used to well...rap basically, all the time, they called it   Lyric poetry  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_poetry  The technique the Blacks call rapping is really nothing new or unique at all:D