Contribution is easy because "anyone can create an account and start explaining rap" simply by highlighting lyrics and filling in the pop-up explanations. On Rap Genius users can "listen to songs, read their lyrics, and click the lines that interest for pop-up explanations." The site's content is user-generated. The Rap Map was linked by several sites including Mashable and Kottke. The ability to listen to the songs while viewing their lyrics, the Rap Map, and Music Video explanations were eventually added to the site as well. Introduction of Audio, the Rap Map, and Music Video Explanations In a March 2010 interview with John Wray, Vampire Weekend lyricist Ezra Koenig said he preferred the website's original name. Originally named Rap Exegesis, the site changed its name in December 2009 to Rap Genius because "exegesis" was difficult for users to spell. Lehman, the programmer of the site, and Zechory soon joined him and brought the idea to fruition. After Lehman built the earliest version of the site, Moghadam, a 2008 graduate of Stanford Law School and a first year employee at Dewey and LeBoeuf who was on a paid sabattical leave, decided to pursue the idea full-time. Lehman and Moghadam came up with the idea for the site in the summer of 2009 when Lehman asked Moghadam about the meaning of a Cam'ron lyric. Rap Genius was created in October 2009 by founders Mahbod Moghadam, Tom Lehman, and Ilan Zechory, who met years ago during their undergraduate years at Yale University. 5.1 Reported "Beef" With Understand RapĪs of June 2012, Rap Genius receives approximately 10 million unique visitors per month.2.3 Introduction of Audio, the Rap Map, and Music Video Explanations.
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