Rap is a musical style in which rhythmic or rhyming speech is “rapped” (recited or chanted) to musical accompaniment. It originated in African American communities in New York City in the 1970s and is a component of the broader culture of hip-hop. Rap became hugely popular by the 1980s and ’90s and spawned many subgenres, such as gangsta rap and trap.
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