Hip-hopWordNet Explorer

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)

music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses

young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture