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 [syn: rap, rap music, hip-hop]
rap music \rap` mu"sic\ (r[a^]p` m[=u]"z[i^]k), n. (ca. 1985)
a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm
instruments; same as 7th rap, n..
[PJC]
