rap metal
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cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip-hop with various forms of metal
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Heavy metal hip hop rap rock alternative metal funk metal
- Cultural origins
- 1980s, United States
- Typical instruments
- Vocals electric guitar bass guitar drums samplers turntables
- Derivative forms
- Nu metal trap metal
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- rap rock
- Country of origin
- United States
- Based on
- rapping
- Image
- Limp Bizkit 2011 Chile.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Rap metal
- inception
- 1985-01-01
- different from
- rapcore
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Encyclopedic overview
Rap metal is a fusion genre that combines hip hop with heavy metal. It usually consists of heavy metal guitar riffs, funk metal elements, rapped vocals and sometimes turntables.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rap metal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.