[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rap Music"

[Laurence Horn]

That would be weird if the first cite for "rap music" is a claim that it
represents an apparently dying fad.

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> rap music (OED 1981)
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> 1980 Boston Phoenix 15 Apr. 3 / 4 (Internet Archive)
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> 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.
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> Fred Shapiro
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