rap music

[ rap myoo-zik ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rap music¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

For example, Ed explained to me that while a sampling a beat is a well-known device in rap music, he samples colors.

From The Daily Beast

The young men had been drinking, and an argument erupted over who was better schooled in rap music.

From The Daily Beast

The commercials are going to show both sides of me, what I like to do off the court, like listen to my rap music.

From The Daily Beast

Medusa-emblazoned harnesses, stylish rock concert tees, and blaring rap music.

From The Daily Beast

Cillizza once took a dig at Cohen for a “viral video” of the congressman “‘dancing’ to rap music” at a campaign event.

From The Daily Beast

Sex, drugs, rap music, and membership in cults or gangs are part of their contradictory profile.

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