Lil Baby

I know I can't rap forever, but I know as long as I got a label or something I can get money forever.

American Musician

Billie Eilish

I really like hip-hop and rap; that's my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

American Singer

J. Cole

I still wanna rap better than everybody else, and I wanna say important things.

Iman Shumpert

The way I rap isn't about me boasting. Rarely will I do that.

American Athlete

Young Thug

I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.

Fat Joe

I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.

Freddie Gibbs

I feel like I influence more than just rap.

KRS-One

I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.

Future

Goldlink

American Rapper

Rap originated from African American culture and often reflects urban experiences.

Cultural Origin

Rap emphasizes rhythm and rhyme, making the lyrics flow together smoothly.

Rhythm and Rhyme

Rap is spoken, not sung. The delivery is more like talking to a beat.

Not Singing

The verb 'rap' refers to a sudden sound, like a quick knock.

Sudden Sound

When you 'rap', it's usually a brief, fast action—often for getting attention.

Quick Action

A 'rap' at the door usually signals that someone has arrived.

Indicates Arrival

Using 'rap' to mean blame or criticism is informal, and common in casual speech.

Colloquial Use

A 'rap sheet' records someone's criminal charges, reflecting legal trouble.

Legal Trouble

 And I began giving her my rap. "We're trying to challenge injustice. We're trying to help people who have been wrongly convicted. We're trying to confront bias and discrimination in the administration of criminal justice. We're trying to end life without parole sentences for children. We're trying to do something about the death penalty.

Bryan Stevenson: We need...

 I had to make that joke in this room, because you would be the only people that I'd ever have a chance of getting it. And so, it's a groaner. Elsewhere in the pop and rap world, we're going a little bit sample-crazy. We're getting away from the obscure samples that we were doing, and all of a sudden everyone's taking

How sampling transformed...

 which it didn't it could have been classified as yet another instance of black on black crime and that fact is crucial to what I came to discuss what I believe is the most important element of black on black crime blackness before I get to blackness though I really want to rap to you about whiteness for a second

Should “blackness”...

 think it's a very viable and so this is what you do you have a freestyle artist come in and memorize a rap that you write for them they've never heard before and then you have them freestyle so I told my lab members that I would rap for Ted and they said yo you won't so and then I thought

Your brain on improv -...

 who made the rounds of the city's ferry stations. Passengers paid a fare to be carried from one side of the Grand Canal to the other, as well as to other points around the city. But gondoliers soon developed a bad rap. Historical documents describe numerous infractions involving boatmen,

Corruption, wealth and...

 how much this part of the body that doesn't touch the instrument actually helps with the musical performance. And at some point -- we are in Atlanta, so obviously some rapper will come into our lab at some point -- and we had this rapper come in and do a little jam with the robot.

Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...

 I hold these truths to be self-evident, but let me be I'm a mess. I am full of contradictions. There are many ways in which I'm doing feminism wrong. I have another confession. When I drive to work, I listen to thuggish rap at a very loud volume.

Roxane Gay: Confessions...

 So you got rappers. We've had talents, artists. I've met some footballers as well. So how was your oud experience so far? Yeah, good. Interesting. whole new world. How about we wrap up with some mint tea?

Is Your Perfume Made...

 % o rap about issues that affect everyday life in the streets like racism we're a revolution within the revolution because we're really the next generation which is coming putting out or opening

Cuban Hip-Hop PIPE National...

 rap there we go like that I'll carry one of them okay we're gonna switch rats when you get close to me waist deep