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rap rock
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cross-genre fusing vocal and instrumental elements of hip-hop with various forms of rock
Key facts
- Stylistic origins
- Hip hop rock
- Cultural origins
- Early to mid-1980s, United States
- Derivative forms
- Nu metal
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- inception
- 1982-01-01
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Rap rock is a fusion genre that developed from the early to mid-1980s, when hip hop DJs incorporated rock records into their routines and rappers began incorporating original and sampled rock instrumentation into hip hop music. Rap rock is considered to be rock music in which lyrics are rapped, rather than sung. The genre achieved its greatest success in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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