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rag⋅ga

  [rah-guh]
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–noun
a style of music combining elements of reggae and rap, with an electronic or repetitive track.
Also called dancehall.
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rag·ga   (rä'gə)   
n.  A style of reggae music that incorporates hip-hop and rhythm and blues elements. Also called dancehall.

[Shortening and alteration of ragamuffin (from the style of clothes worn by the music's fans).]
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ragga

style of Jamaican popular music that had its genesis in the political turbulence of the late 1970s and became Jamaica's dominant music in the 1980s and '90s. Central to dancehall is the deejay, who raps, or "toasts," over a prerecorded rhythm track (bass guitar and drums), or "dub."

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