In the Excerpt from Decoded by Jay-Z, he uses his own stories that are from his viewpoint and then goes on to talk about the History of Rap. In the Excerpt, the Author uses descriptive words like "Scrappy, Ashy, Skinny" to give you a Descriptive image of the appearances of the boys. The writer's message is about how his experience with the "Cipher" started his career as a rapper and helped him get to the music industry. He talks about how he almost felt like gravity was pulling him toward the group of people like a "Planet pulled into orbit by a star" he's saying that, for some reason, he was drawn to it, something there really got his attention. The writer notes his personal experiences of his first experiences with rap, like how after he witnessed the Cipher, he began to start writing rhymes all the time. The Author says that "Like the day I wandered upon to something I've never seen before a cipher. But I wouldn't have called it that no one would back then". He's talking about the group of boys in a circle rapping. Things have changed since then. That rap is so much bigger than it was then, so there was no such thing back then. The Excerpt is informative and almost not persuasive at a...
