This is the 4783rd most frequent French word.
rap
A genre of music featuring rhythmic speech or poetry over a beat.
In this sentence, 'rap' is used as a noun referring to the music genre.
Le rap est un genre musical populaire chez les jeunes.
Rap is a musical genre popular among young people.
Here, 'rap' is used as a noun describing the music type being listened to.
Ils adorent écouter du rap pour se détendre.
They love listening to rap to relax.
In this case, 'rappe' is a verb derived from 'rap', indicating the act of performing rap music.