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Rap Music

Genres

Raphip-hop

Themes

Social issues • politics • identity • culture • storytelling

Emerged in

1970s

Instruments

Vocals • drum machine • sampler • turntables

Subcultures

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Pioneered by

Working-class Turkish immigrant youth

Characteristics

Rhythmic speech • rhyme • percussive delivery

Place of origin

Berlin, Germany

Rap Music