Kids rap is a trending media category. Following the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer and calls for increased diversity, many content creators are getting into the rap game. According to IFPI, rap has dominated musical listening in recent years and ranked as “the fifth most popular genre worldwide in 2018,” and a Claflin University report from 2017 cited that preschoolers “were singing popular rap songs in class.” KIDZ BOP has “shown the viability of rap for kids over the years,” while AVOD is debuting their original series StoryRaps which features musician Wes Tank as live auctioneer rapping classic story book tales like Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Meanwhile, CBC Kids has been producing music for the last three years and they launched their latest back-to-school rap video at the end of August. (Kidscreen)
