Captain Rapp

{{Short description|American hip hop/post-disco musician}}

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| birth_name = Larry Earl Glenn

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| origin = Los Angeles, California

| years_active = 1981–present

| genre = Conscious rap
Post-disco
West Coast hip hop

| label = Saturn Records
JDC Records
Rappers Rapp Records

| associated_acts = Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

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Captain Rapp is the stage name of Larry Earl Glenn, an American hip hop/post-disco musician, producer and West Coast Rap pioneer.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/captain-rapp-p62318/biography|title=(( Captain Rapp ))|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-08-05}}

He is best known for his politically conscious song "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)", which was a West Coast response to Grandmaster Flash's "The Message."{{Cite book|last=Cross|first=Brian|year=1994|title=It's not about a salary--: rap, race, and resistance in Los Angeles|quote=Captain Rapp had recorded 'Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)', a sort of West Coast bite of 'The Message' with its reversing of the title of the famous Chic track that was a staple of the commercial old school.|publisher=Verso, 1994, (originally) the University of Michigan|page=[https://archive.org/details/itsnotaboutsalar00cros/page/24 24]|isbn=0-86091-445-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/itsnotaboutsalar00cros/page/24}}{{Cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|year=1994|title=It's not about a salary--: rap, race, and resistance in Los Angeles |quote=Captain Rapp Rapp is an old school rapper, famed for 'Badd Times (I Can't Stand It)', a Los Angeles answer to 'The Message.|publisher=Guinness Publishing, 1994 & the University of California (originally)|page=22|isbn=0-85112-788-6}}