RAP MUSIC
NOUNS – PERSON
► B-BOY orig. a Black male break-dancer; later, and more generally, a young man involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle (B = Beat) → 1981 orig. & chiefly African-American sl.
► B-BOYETTE a young man involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle → 2000 orig. & chiefly African-American sl.
► BEAT BOX the person who provides the (verbal) rhythmic beat in a rap song → 1995 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BEAT BOY a rapper → 1992 rap sl. (Bk.)
► B-GIRL a female involved with rap and the ghetto street lifestyle → 1987 orig. & chiefly African-American sl.
► GANGSTA a performer or fan of gangsta rap → 1989
► GANGSTA RAPPER ► GANGSTER RAPPER a rap artist, who reflects on the Black urban experience in an explicitly sexual and violent manner → 1989 US
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