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Poetry with a heartbeat, where the right syllable hits harder than any fist.
means A vocal style of rhythmic, rhyming speech delivered over a beat, often improvised or fiercely written.
from From 1960s slang meaning to talk or chat, itself echoing the old sense of rap as a sharp knock — language hitting back.
Backronym mythRhythm And Poetry is folklore, not real etymology.
Older usageTo rap meant to converse since the 1500s.
Speed recordRappers exceed ten syllables per second.