Editing Internal rhyme (section)

===Rap and hip-hop===
Internal rhyme is used extensively in rap and [[hip-hop music]], and it sometimes then overlaps with [[assonance]]. The usage of internal rhyme in rap has increased over time, but can be found even in the earliest rap songs, such as the [[Sugarhill Gang]]'s 1979 single, "[[Rapper's Delight]]":<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/Sugarhill-gang-rappers-delight-lyrics |title=Sugarhill Gang – Rapper's Delight}}</ref>
<blockquote><poem>
I'm six-foot-'''one''' and I'm '''tons''' of '''fun''' and I dress to a '''T'''
You '''see''', I got more clothes than Muhammad '''Ali''' and I dress so '''viciously'''
I got body '''guards''', I got two big '''cars''', I definitely ain't the '''whack'''
I got a Lincoln Continental and a sun-roofed '''Cadillac'''
So after '''school''', I take a dip in the '''pool''', which is really on the '''wall'''
I got a color '''TV''', so I can '''see''' the Knicks play '''basketball'''
</poem></blockquote>

Internal rhyme is used frequently by many different hip-hop artists, including [[Kool Moe Dee]], [[Big Daddy Kane]], [[Nas]], and [[Rakim]], as is demonstrated in [[Eric B. and Rakim]]'s 1987 piece, "[[Paid in Full (album)|My Melody]]" from their debut album ''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid In Full]]'':

<blockquote><poem>My '''unusual style''' will '''confuse you a while'''
If I were water, I'd flow in the '''Nile'''
So many '''rhymes''' you won't have '''time''' to go for '''yours'''
Just '''because''' of '''applause''' I have to '''pause'''
'''Right''' after '''tonight''' is when I '''prepare'''
To catch another sucker-duck MC out '''there'''
My '''strategy''' '''has to be''' '''tragedy,''' '''catastrophe'''
And after this you'll call me your '''majesty...'''<ref>{{cite journal |last=Salaam |first=Mtume ya |title=The Aesthetics of Rap |journal=[[African American Review]] |volume=29 |number=2 |date=Summer 1995 |pages=303–315 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/3042309 |url-access=limited |jstor=3042309}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rakim Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio {{&}} More |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rakim-mn0000389137 |access-date=22 May 2008}}</ref></poem></blockquote>

Another prominent hip-hop artist who uses complex internal rhymes is [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], as is shown in "The Format":

<blockquote><poem>
'''Young and gifted''', my '''tongue's prolific'''
In the '''beach bungalow''' is how I '''brung in Christmas'''
To the '''streets I'mma flow''' from the '''hungriest districts'''
'''Swiss kicks''' crisp when I come to them '''picnics'''
'''Play slow''', paper chase '''stack and lay low'''
'''Range rove''' tinted all '''black the same old'''
'''Psychic mind''', '''righteous rhymes''' that '''turned a new leaf from a life of crime'''
No '''concerns with new beef, who's as nice as I'm'''
It's '''confirmed, from few feet I'm still a sniper blind'''
'''Built my fame''', '''spilt my pain'''
Politicking daily, still trying to '''milk the game'''
It's obvious that I'm real, rap '''skills remain'''
I took some '''change''' and I'm '''still the same'''
</poem></blockquote>

[[Black Thought]], a rapper from [[The Roots]], uses internal rhymes in the song "Respond/React":

<blockquote><poem>
The '''attractive''' '''assassin''', '''blastin''' the devil '''trespassin'''
'''Master''' gettin '''cash''' '''in''' an orderly '''fashion'''
Message to the fake n**** '''flashin'''
Slow up '''Ahk''', before you get '''dropped''' and '''closed''' like a '''caption'''
'''Fractional''' kids don't '''know''' the time for '''action'''
Styles got the rhythm that of an Anglo-'''Saxon'''
Round of applause, an avalanche of '''clappin'''
{*BLOW*} that's what '''happen''', now what's your '''reaction'''
We heavyweight '''traction''', pro-'''pornographin'''
Specialize in science and '''math and''', original '''black man'''
Bustin thoughts that '''pierce''' your mental
The '''fierce rippin''' your '''sacks''' '''and'''
Vocal toe to toe impeccable '''splittin''' your '''back''' '''son'''
Simple as '''addition''' and '''subtraction'''
'''Black''' '''Thought''', the '''infinite''' '''relaxed''' '''one'''
Shorties say they love it with a '''passion'''
Bring the '''international''' charm, see a squad I '''harass'''
</poem></blockquote>

[[MF Doom]] uses almost every word as internal rhyme in this verse in his song, "Figaro" (rhymes are highlighted):

<blockquote><poem>
It's {{highlight | too }} {{highlight | hot | lightblue }} {{highlight | to }} {{highlight | handle | pink }}, {{highlight | you }} {{highlight | got | lightblue }} {{highlight | blue }} {{highlight | sandals | pink }}
{{highlight | Who }} {{highlight | shot | lightblue }} {{highlight | you }}? {{highlight | Ooh }} {{highlight | got | lightblue }} {{highlight | you }} {{highlight | new }} {{highlight | spots | lightblue }} {{highlight | to }} {{highlight | vandal | pink }}?
{{highlight | Do }} {{highlight | not | lightblue }} {{highlight | stand still | pink }}, {{highlight | both show | lightgreen }} {{highlight | skills | orange }}
{{highlight | Close | lightgreen }} but {{highlight | no | lightgreen }} {{highlight | krills | orange }}, {{highlight | toast for po' | lightgreen }} {{highlight | nils | orange }}, {{highlight | post no | lightgreen }} {{highlight | bills | orange }}
{{highlight | Coast to coast Joe Shmoe's flows | lightgreen }} {{highlight | ill | orange }}, {{highlight | go | lightgreen }} {{highlight | chill | orange }}
Not {{highlight | supposed to overdose, No-Doz | lightgreen }} {{highlight | pills | orange }}
{{highlight | Off | #FAE7B5 }} {{highlight | pride | #BFAFB2 }} {{highlight | tykes | #ACE5EE }} {{highlight | talk | #FAE7B5 }} {{highlight | wide | #F4BBFF }} through {{highlight | scar | #A3C1AD }} {{highlight | meat | #FFFF99 }}
{{highlight | Off | #FAE7B5 }} {{highlight | sides | #BFAFB2 }} {{highlight | like | #ACE5EE }} how {{highlight | Worf | #FAE7B5 }} {{highlight | rides | #F4BBFF }} with {{highlight | Star | #A3C1AD }}{{highlight | fleet | #FFFF99 }}
</poem></blockquote>

[[Kool Keith]] uses internal rhyme heavily in his song "3000" and effectively throws off the listener:

<blockquote><poem>
As studies have shown; participator acts {{highlight | walk up}}, {{highlight | clog up}}
And mess up water {{highlight |down| lightblue }} the {{highlight |sound| lightblue }} that comes from the {{highlight |ghetto| pink }}
In the {{highlight |middle| pink }} the {{highlight |core| #FAE7B5 }} you {{highlight |tour| #FAE7B5 }}, {{highlight |exp| orange }}{{highlight |lore| #FAE7B5 }} {{highlight |exp| orange }}{{highlight |eri| lightgrey}}ence
What is {{highlight |real| lightgrey}} you {{highlight |feel| lightgrey}}, {{highlight |chang| cyan}}ing {{highlight |ways| cyan}}
Commercial {{highlight |rap's| lightblue}} in the {{highlight |grave| cyan}}, stuff on disc that's very {{highlight |wack| lightblue}}
That you {{highlight |saved| cyan}}, you think it's {{highlight |good| aqua}} won't go {{highlight |plat| lightblue}}inum
Or even turn {{highlight |wood| aqua}}, sell the {{highlight |cassette| lightgreen}}
Your homey's tape {{highlight |deck| lightgreen}} {{highlight |gets wet| lightgreen}}
You my {{highlight |pet| lightgreen}}, my {{highlight |poodle| #6AB5FF}} chicken {{highlight |noodle's| #6AB5FF}} on the {{highlight |rise| gold}}
Open your {{highlight |eyes| gold}} and see {{highlight |my| gold}} {{highlight |life| gold}}
Rap moves on to the year three thousand!
</poem></blockquote>[[Bad Lip Reading]] uses internal rhyme in their comedic song [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xl0Qr0uXuY&t=1s&pp=ygUYQmFkIGxpcCByZWFkaW5nIG15IHN0aWNr “My Stick”].

<blockquote><poem>
I '''disappear''' for '''years''' then '''reappear''' right '''here''' to '''cheer''' about my cool stick…
</poem></blockquote>