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Rap-singing

Rap-singing (also referred to as sing-rapping or sing-rap) is a vocal technique that combines rapping with sung or pitch altered vocals. While melodic vocal performances have appeared in hip-hop since its inception, rap-singing became more identifiable in the late 1980s and 1990s amid the rise of R&B and hip-hop hybrid styles like new jack swing. Some…

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related to 2010s–present: contemporary dominance · 28
Rap-singing → Auto-Tune, Bottom, By, DJ Peter Rosenberg, Drake, Drake's, Elias Leight, God's Plan, Hamilton, His, Hold On, Hot, In, In My Feelings, Marvins Room, Minaj, Nicki Minaj, Pills, Potions, Professor Mark Anthony Neal
related to 2000s: mainstream popularization · 20
Rap-singing → André, Ashanti, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Billboard, Case, Club, Dilemma, Grammy Award, Hey Ya, His, In, Ja Rule, Livin' It Up, Me, Nelly, OutKast, Prototype, Ride, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, The
related to 1970s–late 1980s: origins and early precursors · 18
Rap-singing → African American, Afrika Bambaataa's, Billboard, Brer Soul, Brown's, Ella Fitzgerald, Gil Scott-Herondeveloping, James Brown, Last Poets, Many, Melvin Van Peebles, Pitchfork, Some, The Jubalaires, Tidal, Timothy White, Unity, Writing
related to Controversies · 17
Rap-singing → Auto-Tune, Cent, Death, He, In, Ja Rule, Ja Rule's, Jay-Z's, Jon Pareles, MTV News, Questions, Some, T-Pain, T-Pain-in, The, The Sequence, Usher
related to Etymology · 13
Rap-singing → August, Billboard, By, Diana Ross, In, Jon Pareles, Ladies Hot Line, Musician, New York Magazine, One, The Gavin Report, The Treacherous Three, The Weather Girls
related to Terminology and usage · 11
Rap-singing → Arnold Schoenberg, It, One, Other, Sprechgesang, Sprechstimme, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Ringer, Writing, Zach Schonfeld

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expanding further in the 2010s through Drakeinstance ofB by the 1990s and 2000s through artists0.80text
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