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Meanings of rap music in English

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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.

Usage of rap music in English
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Sports metaphors are often used in rap music; basketball ones in particular.
Radio NZ
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Why do you think sporting metaphors are so effective in rap music?
Radio NZ
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This was the age of video games and rap music, after all.
After the quake: stories
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The challenges for rap music in the region may be closer to home.
Reuters
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Better known for his rap music, Tumi also writes poetry and spoken word.
The South African
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Before you got into rap music, you used to write R&B love ballads.
The Guardian
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In the case of Parappa, what's been twisted is America's own rap music.
Wired
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The nurse argued they were talking informally about rap music culture.
Radio NZ
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Last month she made her debut in a rap music video.
News.com.au
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About the same time, he began listening to a lot of rap music.
Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
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I assume it's something related to rap music or tattoo parlors.
Ebony
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Then he re-tuned until he had found some pounding rap music.
The last testament
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They can be very dismissive of the roots of rap music.
Radio NZ
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Four teenagers were playing rap music in the SUV, which Dunn didn't like.
The Irish Times
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We're all familiar with the stigma surrounding rap music: misogyny, homophobia, violence and drugs.
The Guardian
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Earlier this year she appeared in a rap music video.
News.com.au