# Songs known today which will still be played in 50 years?

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**Created:** [December 21, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-known-today-which-will-still-be-played-in-50-years/1011989 "2024-12-21T20:12:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-known-today-which-will-still-be-played-in-50-years/1011989/11 "2024-12-23T11:58:59Z")

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> [@Al128](#):
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> while rap is known outside of the USofA, its “mainstream” popularity is absent.

[French rap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-rap/974411) is perhaps the most creative and vibrant genre on the current French-speaking countries music scene.

It started out has a lame and cringey imitation of American gangsta rap but has evolved into something much more interesting in the past 15 years or so.

I’m pretty sure there are several other successful local appropriations of the genre in other parts of the world.

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