raphead
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]raphead (plural rapheads)
- (slang) A fan of rapping or rap music.
- 2000 August 19, Kwaku et al., “Keepin’ It Real around the World”, in Billboard, volume 112, number 34, →ISSN, page 40:
- British rapheads do not usually have a great appreciation for rap acts with a pop edge. And having credits that include a stint MCing for Belgium’s hugely successful pop-dance group Technotronic is something that’s best not mentioned in hip-hop circles.
- 2021, Bobby Hall, The Bright Future, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, published 2022, →ISBN, page 336:
- Right as I was putting Little Bobby in the oven I was also dropping my other baby: I published my first novel, Supermarket. I dropped a soundtrack to go with it. That was fucking annoying because I had a bunch of rappers and rapheads going, “Yo, this shit sucks!” because they were judging it like it's a hip-hop album, which it isn’t at all.