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Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic style of speaking called rap over backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African American and Latinos. The term rap is sometimes used synonymously with hip hop music, though it originally referred only to rapping itself. Rapping, also referred to as MCing or emceeing, is a vocal style in which the... full article at wikipedia
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