Rap is an evolving style of music characterized by beat-driven rhymes that express everyday life and feelings. This genre came into being in the African-American community in the late 1980's. This is about the time that David Cook sprang onto the scene. He hails from the Queensborough section of Shreveport, Louisiana, but his family later moved to Mansfield, Louisiana. Even as a very young boy, Cook knew he had a heart for music and cut his teeth on the likes of NWA, Scarface, Geto Boys, an...