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Rap stands for Rhythm and Poetry. Bars with a dictionary.

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It’s a popular backronym that captures the idea, even if the word “rap” historically predates the acronym usage. Rap as a genre solidified in the 1970s, built around rhythmic spoken delivery over beats.

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