[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rap Music"

[Shapiro, Fred]

rap music (OED 1981)

1980 Boston Phoenix 15 Apr. 3 / 4 (Internet Archive)

Many see rap music as a fad whose course is almost run. ... Rap isn't jazz, however, and so what seems likely is the fading of pure raps like "Rapper's Delight" and the greater use of raps as accents or centerpieces.

Fred Shapiro

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