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Cardi, however, became the first woman in history to win the Grammy Award for best rap album as a solo artist.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Vendors outside the arena sold Palestinian bucket hats and flags, as well as hats and flags with the logo of Irish rap trio Kneecap.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Brown rose from a church choir in Virginia to sudden fame with his rich R&B voice before turning to rap.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The rap sheet, consisting of Mr. Talarico’s own words, still stings after many repetitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“You know,” the guy continued, “just about every poem we received was one of those dreadful rap poems. But yours was so simple, so dignified, and so American. And yet, it sounded almost.. . British.”

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

“I said no to the Super Bowl/ You need me, I don’t need you,” he rapped in 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"At first, I thought, 'Is this even a song?' But they looked so cool dancing while they rapped that boys started copying them."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

In 2017, he rapped the court for dodging a California law restricting concealed-carry permits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

He rapped alongside Tupac Shakur in hip-hop groups Outlawz and Thug Life in the ’90s and continued to release music after his stepbrother’s death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The public grew tired of the same old spirits who tipped tables, played instruments, and rapped slow messages.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

He’s like a cringeworthy successor to Poochie, the rapping dog “with an attitude” developed at the behest of pathetically uncool network-television executives in an old episode of “The Simpsons.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

He started rapping as a hobby when he was 10 and was making beats on his computer at 13.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

By the end of last year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens on Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping in his distinctive scouse accent".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The relentless focus solely on rapping makes “Iceman” exhausting, even though there are some strong tracks along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

I’m the one who told him he had to start rapping that street shit.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Klena had performed to rapt audiences, but nothing like this insanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

We’re attracted to “The Diplomat” for many of the same reasons Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing” kept liberal viewers rapt during the George W. Bush years.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

A maracas solo by Ernesto Laya, however, seemed to be too soft to be picked up by the microphones, yet he held a cheering crowd rapt simply by his rhythmic movements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The tears, Sherman reassured her rapt audience, were “largely exhaustion.”

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

By now, she had the rapt attention of everyone at the table.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti