Antedating of "Rap Music"

[Fred Shapiro]

rap music (OED 1982)

1981 _Wash. Post_ 27 Mar. [article beginning on page 15] (Nexis)  Dub, a
producer's art whose American counterpart is rap music, has the current
stronghold largely because of its more urban flavor.


Fred Shapiro


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