Russian culture minister claims Soviet poet was the world’s first rapper

Vladimir Medinsky has fired figurative shots at a Valdai Discussion Club session on Tuesday, saying that famed Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was the grandfather of rap.

He told journalists he was talking with his son about the youngster’s music tastes and recommended he read the poet’s work.

“Mayakovsky was the first rapper,” he told his son.

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