rapping 1 of 3

present participle of rap
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rapping

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verb (2)

present participle of rap

rapping

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verb (3)

present participle of rap

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Born Vincenzo Camille in the town of Essex, just outside of London, Fakemink began making music at the age of 10, and started rapping and releasing music around 2019 under the name 9090gate. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 The séance took place on 25 September, when the loss of Raymond must still have been an open wound, and involved the techniques of table-tilting and rapping out letters of the alphabet. Alice Vernon september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025 Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 Zimmerman recently collaborated with BigXthaPlug, who has shifted away from only rapping into country music, and his latest full-length blends the two styles. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 That’s until their cover in California Schemin’ as rapping imposters was blown and the emotional strain of denying their Scottishness and their fractured friendship revealed itself. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 But his favorite thing was rapping. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025 Like, a Martian could’ve came down here talking s—t or rapping over a beat. Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025 The 15 hits marked the first time in two weeks the Rays reached double digits and were their most since rapping 15 on July 23 against the White Sox. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025

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