How to pronounce rap
Listen to rap in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rap” in real sentences
939 clips in the index · 95 American · 62 British · 70 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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RAP initiative or RAP initiative.gov.
Geoscience Australia · hear it here
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There was feminist rap, con- uh conscious rap, Afrocentric rap, all sorts, to just gangster.
British Library · hear it here
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talked about the rap the rap bit the rapper
Oxford Union · hear it here
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you and you beat the rap and you beat the rap and you beat the rap.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of rap. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.