Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
rap
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Quizzes
Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Read Next
Polar bear leaping among ice floes at Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway, the Arctic. Sea ice climate change mammal jump global warming
All 81 References in Fall Out Boy’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained
Discover
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.
7 Deadliest Weapons in History
Drinking water is poured into a glass.
Water Fluoridation: Just the Facts
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Amendments 1-10 to the Constitution of the United States constitute what is known as the Bill of Rights on an American flag.
What Is the Emoluments Clause?

rap: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/rap
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As rap music

Related Topics and References

Topics

Key People

Kanye West
Kanye West
American producer, rapper, and designer
Ice-T
Ice-T
American rapper and actor
Drake, 2019
Drake
Canadian rapper
Mac Miller
Mac Miller
American rapper
Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan
American rap group
Juice WRLD
Juice WRLD
American rapper
Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion
American rapper
Kendrick Lamar, 2022
Kendrick Lamar
American musician
Ice Cube
Ice Cube
American rapper and actor
Sean Combs
Sean Combs
American rapper, record producer, and clothing designer
DJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc
American disc jockey
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams
American musician and producer
Will Smith
Will Smith
American actor and musician
Eminem
Eminem
American musician
Afrika Bambaataa in Beat Street
Afrika Bambaataa
American disc jockey, rapper, and record producer
Jay-Z
JAY-Z
American rapper and entrepreneur
Snoop Dogg, 2008
Snoop Dogg
American rapper and actor
Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne
American rapper
Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper
American rap and hip-hop singer and songwriter
The multitalented Donald Glover, 2019
Donald Glover
American actor, writer, and musician

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz