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rap music/rapmusic, also known as hip hop music, is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. It consists of two main components: rapping (MCing) and DJing (production and scratching). Along with hip hop dance (notably breakdancing) and urban inspired art, or notably graffiti, these compose the four elements of hip hop, a cultural movement that was initiated by inner-city youth, mostly African Americans and Latinos[1][2] in New York City, in the early 1970s.

Typically, rap music/rapmusic consists of rhythmic lyrics making use of techniques like assonance, alliteration, and rhyme. The rapper is accompanied by an instrumental track, usually referred to as a "beat," performed by a DJ, created by a producer, or one or more instrumentalists. Historically, this beat has often been created using a sample of the percussion break of another song: usually funk and soul recordings have been utilized. However, in recent years, it has become more common for the beat to be built up from individual drum samples. In addition to the beat, other sounds are often sampled, synthesized, or performed. Sometimes a track can be instrumental, as a showcase of the skills of the DJ or producer.

rap music/rapmusic began in The Bronx, a borough in New York City, when DJs began isolating the percussion break from funk and disco songs. The early role of the MC was to introduce the DJ and the music and to keep the audience excited. MCs began by speaking between songs, giving exhortations to dance, greetings to audience members, jokes and anecdotes. Eventually this practice became more stylized and became known as rapping. By 1979, rap music/rapmusic had become a commercially popular music genre and began to enter the American mainstream. In the 1990s, a form of rap music/rapmusic called gangsta rap became a major part of American music, causing significant controversy over lyrics which were perceived as promoting violence, promiscuity, drug use and misogyny. Nevertheless, by the beginning of the 2000s, rap music/rapmusic was a staple of popular music charts and was being performed in many styles across the world.

Rapmusicvideos/Rap music videos are short films or videos that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. Modern Rapmusicvideos/Rap music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of Rapmusicvideos/Rap music videos go back much further, they came into their own in the 1980s, when MTV (Music Television)'s format was based around them.

Music videos / musicvideos are often called promo videos or simply promos, due to the fact that they are usually promotional devices. Sometimes, Rapmusicvideos/Rap music videos are termed short-form music videos to distinguish them from full length movies pertaining to music. In the 1980s, the term "rock video" was often used to describe this form of entertainment, although the term has fallen into disuse.

Music videos / musicvideos can accommodate all styles of filmmaking, including animation, live action films, documentaries, and non-narrative, abstract film.