Rap rock is a hybrid of rap and rock music. Artists usually use the traditional instruments of rock such as guitars, bass guitars, and drums. However, vocalists often sing as well as MCing. Electronic sampling equipment, scratch pads and a DJ to use them are also usually present. Jump to: navigation, search Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Jump to: navigation, search An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electromagnetic pickups to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical voltage. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Yamaha BB400S Electric Bass A bass guitar is an electric or acoustic bass - a stringed instrument similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... Scratching is a DJ or turntablist technique originated by Grand Wizard Theodore, an early hip hop DJ from New York (AMG). ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

The first groundbreaking rap rock songs are considered to be Aerosmith's and Run-DMC's Walk This Way and Anthrax's and Public Enemy's Bring the Noise. Jump to: navigation, search Aerosmith is a long-running hard rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s, and enjoying a later resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s. ... Run-DMC is a famous hip hop crew founded by Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay) and includes Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels, all from Hollis, Queens. ... Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. feud in neighboring studios in the music video Walk This Way Steven Tyler performs with Run-D.M.C. in the music video Walk This Way is a song by the American rock group Aerosmith from their album Toys in the Attic (1975). ... The Public Enemy logo. ...

Rap rock is also commonly referred to as nu metal or rapcore: however, rap rock is a broad definition of the hybrid genre, while the former are more specific. Nu metal is usually harder music with some electronic assistance, but mostly standard heavy metal: bands such as Slipknot, Korn, Godsmack and Papa Roach fall into this category. Rapcore is closer to a hybrid of hardcore punk (rather than metal) and rap: House of Pain, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine and some of the works of Kottonmouth Kings and Korn are good examples of this faster, somewhat softer genre. Nu metal (or aggro metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music. ... Rapcore today is a fusion of hardcore punk and heavy metal music aesthetics with hip hop music. ... Jump to: navigation, search Heavy metal is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ... Slipknot can refer to several things: Slip knot, a kind of knot. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Korn logo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Godsmack Godsmack is an alternative metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The name Godsmack did not come from an Alice in Chains song, though popular rumor deems it so. ... Jump to: navigation, search Papa Roach is a Nu Metal band from northern California, formed in 1993 and consisting of frontman Coby Dick (who since 2002 goes again by his given name Jacoby Shaddix, and afterwards, using the name Johnny Vodka), together with Jerry Horton, Dave Buckner, and Tobin Esperance. ... House of Pain was an Irish-American hip-hop group formed by Everlast in 1991 (see 1991 in music), comprised of himself, Danny Boy OConnor, and DJ Lethal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Limp Bizkit is an influential American rap metal band and, along with KoЯn, are often credited with the popularization of the genre sometimes dubbed nu metal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Linkin Park (often abbreviated to LP or [LINKIN PARK]) is a six-piece Nu Metal band from California, USA. // Band history Linkin Park began in the surroundings of Mike Shinodas bedroom studio, where he and friend Brad Delson recorded the bands first material in... Jump to: navigation, search A photo of Thích Quảng Ðức, a Buddhist monk who burnt himself to death as a protest against Vietnamese Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diems administrations practices against the Buddhist religion, features on the cover of the first Rage Against the Machine album. ... Kottonmouth Kings are a self-proclaimed psychedelic punk rock hip hop group who have devoted their lives to the legalization of the plant marijuana. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Korn logo. ...

Rap rock reached its peak of popularity and radio play in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Examples of rap rock artists

• Amen
• Anthrax
• Biohazard
• Clawfinger
• Crazy Town
• Insane Clown Posse
• Korn
• Kottonmouth Kings
• Limp Bizkit
• Linkin Park
• Rage Against the Machine
• Saliva
• Slipknot
• The Bloodhound Gang
• Twiztid
• Wolfpac
• Chronic Future
• Hot Action Cop