RAP is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for RAP in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "RAP" answer was first appeared in "7 Jan 1994" NYT Crossword for the hint of "L.L. Cool J’s genre". It was authored by Fred Piscop. Recently, the "RAP" answer has been used for "6 Dec 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "Heavy D’s genre". It was authored by Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight. In the NYT Crossword, this answer has been used most frequently for the hint: "Grammy category (10)". "RAP" appeared 183 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "RAP" word.
| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Dec 2023 | 33A | Heavy D’s genre | Peter A. Collins and Bruce Haight |
| 11 Aug 2023 | 31A | “___ or Go to the League,” 2019 hit album for 2 Chainz | John-Clark Levin |
| 3 Aug 2023 | 41A | Take the ___ | Simeon Seigel |
| 2 Jun 2023 | 6D | Freestyle, e.g. | John Ewbank |
| 25 May 2023 | 37A | Freestyle, maybe | Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin |
| 19 May 2023 | 52A | Much of Def Jam Recordings’ output | David Distenfeld |
| 19 Mar 2023 | 3D | Knock | Robert Ryan |
| 6 Jan 2023 | 54D | Knock | Erica Hsiung Wojcik |
| 15 Oct 2022 | 31D | Lil Baby’s genre | John Hawksley |
| 3 Oct 2022 | 6D | Genre for Nicki Minaj | Sarah Sinclair |
| 28 Sep 2022 | 22D | Sound at the door | Jeff Stillman |
| 20 Mar 2022 | 112D | See 81-Down | Brad Wiegmann |
| 18 Jan 2022 | 58A | Megan Thee Stallion genre | Kate Schutzengel |
| 4 Jan 2022 | 60D | Bust a rhyme | David Bukszpan |
| 13 Dec 2021 | 30D | Grammy genre since 1988 | Tomas Spiers |
| 9 Dec 2021 | 46A | Kind of battle | Alexander Liebeskind |
| 22 Sep 2021 | 44A | Knock on the door | Grant Boroughs |
| 7 Sep 2021 | 5D | Music genre for 21 Savage and 42 Dugg | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 7 Jul 2021 | 43A | Rhyme with rhythm | Peter A. Collins |
| 22 Jun 2021 | 7A | Word before sheet or battle | Matt Frederick |
| 4 Feb 2021 | 41D | 38-Down genre | Derek Allen |
| 21 Jan 2021 | 57D | Music whose golden age is said to be from the mid-’80s to mid-’90s | Daniel Mauer |
| 2 Nov 2020 | 60D | Genre for Megan Thee Stallion | Luke Vaughn |
| 16 Apr 2020 | 64A | Best ___ Album (Grammy category) | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 19 Feb 2020 | 55A | Grammy category | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 6 Nov 2019 | 54A | Genre for 26-Across | Ross Trudeau |
| 4 Sep 2019 | 39D | Genre introduced to the Grammys in 1989 | Patrick Blindauer |
| 14 Aug 2019 | 38A | “___ God” (2013 Eminem hit) | David J. Kahn |
| 10 Aug 2019 | 39A | Word whose musical sense was added to Merriam-Webster dictionaries in 1986 | Anna Gundlach and Erik Agard |
| 1 Aug 2019 | 31D | Specialty of Bad Boy Records | Patrick Merrell |
| 24 Jul 2019 | 60D | Knock at the door | Jake Halperin |
| 14 Jul 2019 | 1A | Knock | Caitlin Reid |
| 21 Feb 2019 | 53A | Cardi B’s genre | Sam Trabucco |
| 30 Jan 2019 | 7D | Kendrick Lamar’s genre | Emily Carroll |
| 17 Jan 2019 | 11A | Genre for Jay-Z and Master P | Ross Trudeau |
| 30 Dec 2018 | 73A | Freestyle, e.g. | Luke Vaughn |
| 18 Nov 2018 | 109D | Much Top 40 music now | Byron Walden and Joel Fagliano |
| 31 Oct 2018 | 25A | Sound at a séance | Bruce Haight |
| 7 Aug 2018 | 4D | Genre for DJ Khaled | Alex Eaton-Salners |
| 29 Apr 2018 | 62A | Subject for The Source magazine | Peter Wentz |
| 27 Jan 2018 | 21A | A lot of Top 40 music | Mark Diehl |
| 2 Jan 2018 | 39A | Genre for 21 Savage and 50 Cent | Zhouqin Burnikel |
| 16 Dec 2017 | 26A | Least bit, in a phrase | Sam Ezersky |
| 20 Nov 2017 | 50A | Busta Rhymes’s music | Peter Gordon |
| 1 Nov 2017 | 57D | Grammy category since 1988 | Herre Schouwerwou |
| 26 Sep 2017 | 48A | Séance sound | Joy Behar and Lynn Lempel |
| 25 Sep 2017 | 31D | Genre for Big Sean or Biggie Smalls | Bruce Haight |
| 13 May 2017 | 1D | Strike | Jeff Chen |
| 17 Mar 2017 | 39D | Grammy category | Jacob Stulberg |
| 1 Aug 2016 | 30A | Kanye West’s genre | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette |
| 24 Jul 2016 | 95A | Radio format | David Steinberg |
| 10 May 2016 | 55A | Genre first included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 | David Kwong |
| 29 Oct 2015 | 10D | Knock | Sam Trabucco |
| 28 Sep 2015 | 49A | Genre of 50 Cent and André 3000 | Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen |
| 3 Sep 2015 | 8D | Grammys category | Merl Reagle (1950-2015) |
| 30 Mar 2015 | 34A | Genre for Jay Z and Schoolboy Q | Bruce Haight |
| 26 Jan 2015 | 6A | Genre for Jay Z or J. Cole | Ian Livengood |
| 14 Dec 2014 | 22A | It may be beaten, with “the” | Jim Peredo |
| 4 Nov 2014 | 10A | Genre for N.W.A. or T.I. | Joel Fagliano |
| 8 Jul 2014 | 59D | Grammy category | Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski |
| 21 Apr 2014 | 60D | Genre of Macklemore and Master P | John Lieb |
| 29 Oct 2013 | 10D | Radio format | Robert Cirillo |
| 2 Jul 2013 | 49D | Genre of N.W.A. and Run-D.M.C. | Daniel Raymon |
| 29 Apr 2013 | 65D | Genre for Eazy-E and Heavy D | C. W. Stewart |
| 2 Feb 2013 | 49D | Criticize | Gareth Bain |
| 1 Feb 2013 | 49A | Q-Tip specialty | Josh Knapp |
| 30 Jan 2013 | 27A | Genre that includes freestyling | Will Nediger |
| 25 Nov 2012 | 24D | Snoop Lion’s genre | Jeff Chen |
| 23 Oct 2012 | 31D | Jay-Z’s genre | Jules P. Markey |
| 12 Sep 2012 | 25A | Strike | Robert W. Harris |
| 9 Sep 2012 | 7D | Punishment on the knuckles | Kevin G. Der |
| 2 Jul 2012 | 34A | Offering from Lil Jon or Fat Joe | Bernice Gordon |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 26A | Kanye West’s genre | Paula Gamache |
| 5 Feb 2012 | 114D | Hip-hop | Charles M. Deber |
| 30 Oct 2011 | 35D | Rat-a-tat | Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer |
| 21 Oct 2011 | 17D | Knock | Patrick Berry |
| 15 Aug 2011 | 26A | Kanye West’s genre | Stan Newman |
| 29 Jul 2011 | 23A | Kind of sheet | Paula Gamache |
| 27 Jul 2011 | 64A | Grandmaster Flash’s music | Bill Thompson |
| 3 May 2011 | 62D | Bum ___ | Kevan Choset |
| 25 Apr 2011 | 46D | Emulate Eminem | Joon Pahk |
| 15 Apr 2011 | 46A | Speak on the record? | Patrick Berry |
| 14 Nov 2010 | 87A | Criminal charge | Patrick Berry |
| 5 Nov 2010 | 47A | Spirited response? | Mike Nothnagel |
| 21 May 2010 | 39A | Speak on the record? | Patrick Berry |
| 27 Oct 2009 | 59D | Popular music style | Chuck Deodene |
| 28 Jul 2009 | 21A | Word before sheet or music | Tony Orbach |
| 30 May 2009 | 33D | Criticize | Matt Ginsberg |
| 20 May 2009 | 43A | Bum ___ | Ashish Vengsarkar |
| 2 Dec 2008 | 50A | … a knock on a door | Matt Ginsberg |
| 11 Sep 2008 | 27A | You might end up with a bum one | Caleb Madison |
| 3 Jun 2008 | 4D | Grammy category | Pete Muller |
| 11 Nov 2007 | 64A | Ludacris’s music | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 11 Aug 2007 | 35A | Grammy category | Karen M. Tracey |
| 11 Jul 2007 | 6A | 50 Cent piece | Patrick Merrell |
| 10 Apr 2007 | 38D | Mos Def’s music | Kevan Choset |
| 28 Mar 2007 | 34D | Shoot the breeze | Burton Clemans |
| 13 Feb 2007 | 28A | Ja Rule’s genre | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| 6 Jan 2007 | 21A | Blame | Robert H. Wolfe |
| 23 Dec 2006 | 2D | Charge on a record | Myles Callum |
| 21 Nov 2006 | 1D | Emulate Eminem | Stella Daily and Bruce Venzke |
| 16 Oct 2006 | 7D | Séance sound | Paula Gamache |
| 15 Oct 2006 | 112A | Least bit | Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon |
| 3 Oct 2006 | 58D | Popular music category | Ed Stein |
| 12 Jul 2006 | 44D | A lot of popular music nowadays | Richard Chisholm |
| 9 Jul 2006 | 36A | It may be legally beaten | Patrick Berry |
| 30 Jan 2006 | 54D | Grandmaster Flash’s music genre | Adam G. Perl |
| 6 Dec 2005 | 43A | Shoot the breeze | Nancy Salomon |
| 24 Jan 2005 | 40D | Hip-hop | Sarah Keller |
| 19 Dec 2004 | 8D | Record store section | Frances Hansen (1919-2004) |
| 25 Sep 2004 | 38A | Criticize | Byron Walden |
| 22 Aug 2004 | 123A | Emulate the Beastie Boys | Cathy Millhauser |
| 22 Jan 2004 | 1A | Séance happening | Roy Leban |
| 22 Dec 2003 | 39D | Eminem’s music | Joy C. Frank |
| 21 Dec 2003 | 100A | 50 Cent piece | Frances Hansen |
| 4 Oct 2003 | 8D | CD store section | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| 22 Sep 2003 | 46A | Hit, as the knuckles | Marjorie Berg |
| 6 Jan 2003 | 59D | Perform like Salt-N-Pepa | Sarah Keller |
| 30 Nov 2002 | 31D | Record store section | Jim Page |
| 5 Oct 2002 | 22A | Thwack | Donald E. West |
| 15 Aug 2002 | 56D | Blame | Manny Nosowsky |
| 29 Jul 2002 | 56D | Run-D.M.C.’s music | Peter Gordon |
| 11 Jul 2002 | 27A | Record store section | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 11 May 2002 | 52D | Relative of a thump | Mark Diehl |
| 18 Apr 2002 | 40D | Genre for Coolio or Chuck D | Patrick Berry |
| 1 Feb 2002 | 42D | Hammer | Pat M. Hugel |
| 28 Jan 2002 | 24A | Emulate Salt-N-Pepa | Sarah Keller |
| 21 Jan 2002 | 31A | P. Diddy’s music | Peter Gordon |
| 11 Nov 2001 | 26A | Kind of artist | Joe DiPietro |
| 17 Aug 2001 | 36A | Break dancing accompaniment | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 5 Aug 2001 | 28D | Grammy category | Peter Gordon |
| 12 May 2001 | 19D | It may be beaten | Michael Shteyman |
| 4 Apr 2001 | 51A | Grammy category | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 20 Mar 2001 | 11D | You can take it or beat it | Peter Abide |
| 21 Jan 2001 | 109D | Talk to a beat | Con Pederson |
| 12 Jul 2000 | 37D | Grammy category | William A. Ballard |
| 25 May 2000 | 52A | Criminal charge | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| 27 Apr 2000 | 33D | Shoot the breeze | Greg Staples |
| 7 Oct 1999 | 29D | Blame | Kelly Clark |
| 27 Aug 1999 | 36A | Find fault with | Joe DiPietro |
| 28 May 1999 | 5D | With 12-Down, they show convictions | Joe DiPietro |
| 25 Apr 1999 | 37D | Least bit | Joe DiPietro |
| 4 Apr 1999 | 49A | Criminal charge | Richard Silvestri |
| 6 Mar 1999 | 35A | Item on a sheet | Fred Piscop |
| 12 Feb 1999 | 58D | Talk | Joe DiPietro |
| 12 Jan 1999 | 42A | Hit on the knuckles | Nancy Salomon |
| 25 Dec 1998 | 54A | Record store section | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| 20 Dec 1998 | 22D | Sound at the door | Frances Hansen |
| 28 Oct 1998 | 64A | Puff Daddy’s music | Alan Arbesfeld |
| 17 Oct 1998 | 27D | It may be beaten | Bryant White |
| 2 Oct 1998 | 22A | Whack | John Wolting |
| 5 Jul 1998 | 39D | Sound at the door | Joe DiPietro |
| 7 May 1998 | 25A | Record store section | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| 19 Apr 1998 | 79D | Blame | Rich Norris |
| 18 Nov 1997 | 55D | Hip-hop | Peter Gordon |
| 7 Sep 1997 | 108D | Grammy category | Randolph Ross |
| 13 Jun 1997 | 61D | Hammer sound | Bob Klahn |
| 11 Jun 1997 | 37D | Salt-N-Pepa’s music | Rich Norris |
| 2 May 1997 | 40D | Bad-mouth | Matthew L. Jones |
| 29 Apr 1997 | 1D | Genre for Notorious B.I.G. | Jeff Herrington |
| 18 Apr 1997 | 11A | Sound at the door | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| 24 Mar 1997 | 14A | Urban music | Thomas W. Schier |
| 6 Jan 1997 | 59D | Seance sound | S. L. Robbins |
| 15 Dec 1996 | 63A | Def Jam records genre | R. Ross |
| 20 Nov 1996 | 42A | Seance sound | M. S. Maurer |
| 29 Oct 1996 | 27A | Gangsta ___ | R. J. Hartman |
| 14 Oct 1996 | 41A | Coolio’s music | R. White |
| 22 Sep 1996 | 102A | Arrested Development offering | C. Millhauser |
| 20 Sep 1996 | 55D | Hip-hop music | J. Page |
| 12 Jul 1996 | 6D | Song from the ‘hood | Chuck Deodene |
| 26 May 1996 | 107D | Grammy category | R. Ross |
| 15 Apr 1996 | 24A | Coolio’s music | S. L. Robbins |
| 18 Dec 1995 | 26A | 90’s music genre | Randall J. Hartman |
| 22 Oct 1995 | 15A | Fresh Prince medium | Matt Gaffney |
| 12 Oct 1995 | 29A | ___ session | Christopher Hurt |
| 25 Sep 1995 | 53A | Séance sound | Gregory E. Paul |
| 24 Apr 1995 | 59D | Some MTV music | Sidney L. Robbins |
| 24 Jan 1995 | 34A | Criminal charge | Richard Hughes |
| 11 Jan 1995 | 6D | Séance sound | Stanley B. Whitten |
| 29 Sep 1994 | 24D | Dr. Dre’s specialty | Randolph Ross |
| 23 Jul 1994 | 60D | Modern music | Randolph Ross |
| 14 Jan 1994 | 3D | Kind of sheet | Eric Albert |
| 7 Jan 1994 | 42A | L.L. Cool J’s genre | Fred Piscop |
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