A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RAP

Mon, 11 Mar '24
Genre for Da Brat or DaBaby
Sun, 18 Feb '24
Best Melodic ___ Performance (Grammy category)
Thu, 11 Jan '24
Top 40 genre
Wed, 6 Dec '23
Heavy D's genre
Fri, 11 Aug '23
"___ or Go to the League," 2019 hit album for 2 Chainz
Thu, 3 Aug '23
Take the ___
Fri, 2 Jun '23
Freestyle, e.g.
Thu, 25 May '23
Freestyle, maybe
Fri, 19 May '23
Much of Def Jam Recordings' output
Sun, 19 Mar '23
Knock
Fri, 6 Jan '23
Knock
Sat, 15 Oct '22
Lil Baby's genre
Mon, 3 Oct '22
Genre for Nicki Minaj
Wed, 28 Sep '22
Sound at the door
Sun, 20 Mar '22
See 81-Down
Tue, 18 Jan '22
Megan Thee Stallion genre
Tue, 4 Jan '22
Bust a rhyme
Mon, 13 Dec '21
Grammy genre since 1988
Thu, 9 Dec '21
Kind of battle
Wed, 22 Sep '21
Knock on the door
Tue, 7 Sep '21
Music genre for 21 Savage and 42 Dugg
Wed, 7 Jul '21
Rhyme with rhythm
Tue, 22 Jun '21
Word before sheet or battle
Thu, 4 Feb '21
38-Down genre
Thu, 21 Jan '21
Music whose golden age is said to be from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s