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But bonds got a bad rap after the Federal Reserve quickly raised interest rates in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

US rap star Kanye West's two planned concerts in Russia have been cancelled, organisers said Wednesday, less than two months after their surprise announcement triggered a frenzy of media attention and excitement among Russians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

She said she had not received any money from the rap superstar or anyone acting on his behalf, and had not been paid to make her latest declaration.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“He was a literal example of paving the way and showing that U.K. rap can take up space in music.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

A seventy-year-old lady does gymnastics as if she’s fifteen, then a man sings a rap song while dancing like a robot.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

The whole thing is either spoken or rapped or sung.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Dre also rapped a verse—in fact, he originally intended to use the song for his next album, according to “Only God Can Judge Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The artist reached out to the crowd as he rapped in Spanish, fans jumping and raising their phones to take pictures and document the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He sometimes rapped his jokes, thrived at improvising and roasted celebrities with sharp punches, leaving them in splits.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Despite his growing interest in Maggie, Dr. Kane refused to believe that spirits tipped tables, rang bells, or rapped messages to communicate.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But we weren’t thinking about making hip-hop beats and rapping 30 years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Shakur’s rapping is casually virtuosic, suave even as he tosses off boasts, taunts and threats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Even megastar Bruno Mars joins in on the fun, gamely rapping the cowbell on “Never Wanna Lose You.”

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

So I wrote songs, I started rapping to entertain myself.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

To see if the trick was possible, Ruth practiced rapping.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

At one of the season’s signature tech conferences, Huang on Tuesday held a large audience rapt discussing the positive potential of artificial intelligence with Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

In Chandler and Pierre, “Lanterns” has an extraordinary pairing that sustains enough frustration, humor, passion and regret to keep us rapt through the episodes provided for review.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

As reactionary as that sounds, I was totally rapt.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

The tears, Sherman reassured her rapt audience, were “largely exhaustion.”

From Slate ● May 1, 2026

Santiago sits through it silently, his eyebrows furrowed, mouth parted in rapt attention, holding Matilde’s hand as she grasps his more and more tightly.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau