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RAP MUSIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rap music mean?
• RAP MUSIC (noun)
The noun RAP MUSIC has 1 sense:
1. genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
Familiarity information: RAP MUSIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("rap music" is a kind of...):
African-American music; black music (music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses)
popular music; popular music genre (any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time))
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