[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Rap Music"

[Shapiro, Fred]

rap music (OED 1981)

1980 Washington Star 3 May B-2/4 (Genealogy Bank)

["Catfish"] Hodge's music is distinctive.  A good portion of it is "rap" music — Hodge talking in sing-song fashion over a wrenching, blues-based melody.

Fred Shapiro

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