Recitatio rapiana
Recitatio rapiana, musica rapiana, vel musica rappistica (ex Anglico rap, quod Latine circiter blaterare sonat), est genus musicum. Acroamata rapiantia celeriter loquuntur, verba modo quasi poetico quasi lyrico rhythmice integrantes. Qui musicam rapianam conficit rapianus (Anglice rapper) vocatur; unde verba recentiora Latina rapio, rapianus, rapicus, etc. Inter rapianos notissimos late habentur Eminem, Kanye West, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., Kendrick Lamar, PSY, Sean T, Vipera, et greges Beastie Boys (inter cuius musicos Adam Yauch fuit), Public Enemy, Run-DMC, N.W.A., Bushido, et Cypress Hill.