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A style of popular music, developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the late 1970s, in which an insistent, recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly intoned by a vocalist or vocalists. Popular bands in this genre include: The Beastie Boys. Popular labels in this genre include: Capitol. 670 views