rap music

American  

[rap myoo-zik] / ˈræp ˌmyu zɪk /

Also rap

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.

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Etymology

Origin of rap music

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

A search for the term "carbide gun" on Instagram and YouTube throws up dozens of videos of young people making and using these devices, often accompanied by rap music.

From BBC

In Nottingham he visited the Community Recording Studio, an initiative supported by BBC Children in Need, where he applauded a rap music performance, giving a hug to one of the young people taking part.

From BBC

Misuse also featured heavily in rap music videos and Twitch streaming.

From BBC

Punjabi rap music plays over a video showing three men at a beachside restaurant in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times