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{{Infobox Music genre
|name=Acid rap
|bgcolor=darkblue
|color=white
|stylistic_origins=[[Blues]]<br />[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br />[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]<br />[[Rock music|Rock]]
|cultural_origins=Late 1980s [[United States]]
|instruments=[[Rapping]] - [[Drum machine]] - [[Turntablism|Turntables]] - [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]] - [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]]
|popularity=Underground
|derivatives     = [[Horrorcore]] - [[nu metal]] - [[rap rock]] - [[rap metal]]
|local_scenes    = [[Midwest hip hop]]
}} 
'''Acid rap''' is a subgenre of [[hip hop music]], fusing [[rock music|rock]]-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death, drug use, evil, paranoia and sex. The term was first coined by Detroit rapper [[Esham]], who defined the genre as analogous to "'modern day [[blues]] [or] [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]'",<ref name="Keyes">{{cite book |last=Keyes |firs(contracted; show full)on |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=034544762X |pages=174–185 |chapter=The Dark Carnival }}</ref> According to author Cheryl Lynette Keyes, Esham's "metal sound with a hip-hop feel" formed the musical basis for acts such as [[Kid Rock]], [[Korn]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Everlast (musician)|Everlast]], and [[Kottonmouth Kings]].<ref name="Keyes"/>

==References==
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