A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

RAP

Fri, 28 Mar '25
Genre for only two Song of the Year winners in Grammy history
Fri, 21 Feb '25
50 Cent piece?
Wed, 1 May '24
Beatmaker's genre
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