Akala claims that hip hop was originally a way to record knowledge or to brag about one's intelligence.

Akala affirmed the sentence aicma in his lecture on Shakespeare and Hip-hop.

Explanation:

In his lecture Akala relates Hip-Hop and Shakespeare, showing how they have several things in common. It shows how hip-hop was originally created to boast of its own intelligence, which Shakespeare also did when creating surprising storylines for his stories. In addition, it shows how hip-hop and Shakespeare make full use of the English language, creating powerful texts, loaded with amazing imagerys and rhythms.

i believe it is he has been given the drum as a joke.