What is rapper music?

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop or rap music, is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. read more

Rap is important because it's probably the most internationally recognized form of American popular music. Rap and hip-hop are performed throughout the world and in just about every language that you can imagine. The hip-hop subculture that rap is a part of is one of the most influential and controversial manifestations of American culture. read more

Rap is often associated with, and is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, but the origins of the phenomenon predate hip-hop culture. read more