![]() That being said – fans of a genre are not alway aware of the genre’s history. Certain subgenres will always remain ‘underground’ to the masses if the masses aren’t able to accurately label them. Secondly, this often prevents the subsidiaries of a genre from truly flourishing. In homogenizing hip-hop and its subgenres into ‘rap’, we detract from the years of careful work countless artists have put in towards innovation, experimentation, and bending of the core genre. First and foremost, it contributes to erasure, subversively belittling the intricacies of a minority culture and art form. Generalizing all hip-hop music as ‘rap music’ can be dangerous for a few reasons. Hip-hop, the genre, is a by-product of a culture that also includes breakdancing, scratch DJing with turntables, graffiti, and, of course, rapping. Hip-hop is the genre, and rapping is the delivery, technique, or speech that expresses itself within that genre. ![]() What rap really is, is a rhythmic and rhyming speech chanted within hip-hop. In the same way that people use ‘khaboot’ or ‘shaabi’ to describe certain genres of music, these are vague umbrella terms that attempt to delineate a genre that in fact splits into many subgenres. As a result, those who listen to “rap” are often lumped into the same category, and the term ‘rapper’ often has a negative connotation.īut what is rap? What is rap music? If one was to be pedantic, there is actually no such thing. It’s a term cloaked by unfortunate stigmas associated with racism, crime, sexism, substance abuse, and the glamorisation of all the above. The term itself carries a legacy of history and culture quite unlike any genre we’ve ever experienced.
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