RAP MUSIC Definition & Meaning

rap music

[ rap myoo-zik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban Black performers in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter intoned by a vocalist or vocalists:
the hottest new talent in rap music today.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rap music¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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Anderson adds, “When it comes to rap and hip-hop, VIP Records was the first to sell rap music on the West Coast, period.”

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Ye's contributions to the history of rap music are undeniable.

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Nasim - who loves rap music and make-up - was taken into custody in April 2023 after joining protests with her friends, one of whom was killed in the government crackdown.

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Jones wanted to save Powell from being associated with the negative publicity that surrounded rap music.

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Although he was in his 50s, he embraced rap music because he saw similarities with the energy of bebop jazz, and because may of its stars had risen out of hardship on the streets.

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