A person who performs rap music by speaking rhythmically to a beat, or something that knocks or raps on a surface.
From 'rap,' which may come from Scandinavian 'rappa' meaning 'to strike' or 'to snatch.' Used for knocking sounds since the 1400s; the musical meaning emerged in the 1970s with hip-hop culture.
Rap music exploded in the Bronx in the 1970s when DJs extended drum breaks on records, and rappers had to improvise over these beats—now it's the fastest-growing music genre worldwide and has changed popular language forever!
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