How to Use rap in a Sentence

rap

1 of 2 noun

• And of all the pressures and stuff that comes with this rap s—.
  — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• In just 50 years, rap has transformed the way the world speaks.
  — Elena Bergeron, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Things Fall Apart as one of the best rap albums of ‘99.
  — Ron Hart, SPIN, 22 Nov. 2023
• In metaphor, vinegar tends to get a bad, or at least a vulgar, rap.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• The genre has even worked its way into the worlds of online rap and digicore.
  — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
• In this short, standalone video, the actor shows off his rap skills.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
• Compared to the other nuts, peanuts have gotten a bad rap as of late.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
• In 2073, rap is considered the highest among the fine arts, so the hip hop artists are the last to go to auction.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Game is not impressed with the current rap feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 May 2024
• From the onset, the Wu-Tang Clan was an unorthodox rap group.
  — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The culture writ large has been limiting the city since rap first arrived there in the late '70s, and now this?
  — Lance Scott Walker, Chron, 2 May 2023
• Kane was instrumental in the success of the New York rap scene.
  — Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 14 July 2023
• Soon enough, drugs and jail put his rap career on the backburner.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Aug. 2023
• In the latest video, Morant is riding in passenger seat of a car while singing along to a rap song.
  — oregonlive, 14 May 2023
• With one final week left of summer, the heavy hitters in rap, R&B and pop have come out to play, as seen by Drake feat.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• On top of Saweetie's viral moment and bounce back, the 2023 VMAs were a big night for women in rap.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• The archive-centric range features quite a few modern twists–some of the pieces were made famous by rap artists of the ‘90s.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
• She’s left with the memories, bolstered by photos, videos and, of course, that rap song.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 Oct. 2023
• Being at the ballpark was like watching a rap concert in the genre’s backyard.
  — Jayson Buford, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2023
• That sum marks the largest week for a rap album by a woman in the 2020s decade, and the biggest for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman this year.
  — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2023
• So from the very beginning, OT learned to associate rap with play.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Rico and her rap peers are watching each other grow up and make mistakes, which is part of what bonds them.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• Battle rap is an art form and a sport, as well as an industry that has been slowly growing over the last decade.
  — Danny Hajjar, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• The peppy Disney tune stood in stark contrast to the hard rock and rap songs the other wrestlers use, but his wife found comfort in the selection.
  — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2024
• The countdown is on for a first-of-its-kind music festival coming to Charlotte this spring with dozens of pop, rap and rock artists.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2024
• Check out previous Ones, and listen to new rap from Balenci02 and more on our Spotify playlist.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2024
• Together, the three of them are considered to be among rap’s current elite, a claim Lamar took issue with.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
• Rock, rap, pop, R&B and country artists don’t have those limitations, so why should Latin artists?
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
• Bennett, the other associate, and Jones were planning to attend a rap show near East Sixth Street that night.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
• Customers who bought quarter ounces of cocaine also got a free mixtape of his raps.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 June 2023

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rap

2 of 2 verb

• The Single Life with six new songs for the Icy Gang to dance and rap along to.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Dec. 2022
• The technique and the hip-hop genre evolved in a way that beats were no longer made just to rap over them.
  — Artur Galocha, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
• But best of all was the awesome theme song sung—and rapped— by Symoné herself!
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 July 2023
• Smith tried to make the role his own, rapping in new versions of the movie's most famous songs.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
• Carlos Santana’s nephew, Jose, has rapped at the events.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
• Watch Smith rap along with Alaverdyan’s bass line below.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023
• The song features Eminem rapping over a rave-style beat while the crowd went wild.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• The thought of rapping to crowds 25 years later never crossed his mind.
  — Gerrick Kennedy, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• In the song, Bey proceeds to lean into rapping as much as singing.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• But Shota’s already set his head back on the desk, rapping his knuckles along with the rain.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
• When the beat drops to this iconic mixtape hit, grab your girls and prepare to rap your heart out.
  — Gene Hunter, Essence, 14 June 2022
• And with that said, I’ll be locked in the studio on December 1 rapping again.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• Pour batter into the loaf pan, and lightly rap on the counter a few times to make sure it’s settled and smooth on top.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2022
• Both artists rap about the challenges faced coming up in the industry.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
• Genres always wax and wane at the fest, with classic rock and EDM giving way to rap and pop.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
• This year’s honors go to Gunna, who raps about his haters and, ahem, hobbies with a smooth flow and a killer beat.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• But there are still perceived limits to what a woman can rap about.
  — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2021
• Prince was a great musician and singer, but maybe rapping wasn’t his forte.
  — Nichole Perkins, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• Even so, none of it would matter much if not for the fact that Suga Free raps as well as anyone to ever live.
  — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• Hero is one of a host of rappers who fly halfway across the country just to rap at the wellness center.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• The two stars rapped their verses while showing off their best assets.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2023
• After Lil Jon, 53, rapped during the first bit of the song, Ludacris, 46, arrived and finished the hit song and the entire show.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
• This video is the second one that proves his vocals extend to rapping as well as singing.
  — Vulture, 10 Apr. 2023
• What’s not so fine is when footage of him rapping at his latest fête leaks online, some say.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
• After a few words and a silent prayer, Feinstein rapped her gavel and left.
  — Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Smith and Balvin rapped the song together, while backup dancers dressed as aliens and a giant alien head prop added to the effect.
  — Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Apr. 2024
• On the single, where the duo outline the kind of crazy that appeals to them, the father of two even name drops wife Bunnie XO while rapping.
  — Carita Rizzo, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• While rapping shirtless, Morant briefly brandished a firearm with his left hand.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• Lil Peep rapped over guitar-twinkle lifted from a Brand New song.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The teen lives in the area of Brooklyn Homes with his mother, is heading into his senior year of high school and likes to sing and rap, Clinkscale said.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024