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Pop & Hip-Hop Music practice questions

In Dragon Academy, Pop & Hip-Hop Music is taught by Vibe. Every question a kid answers correctly trains Vibe to grow and evolve. Here are real questions from the game — tap an answer to check it.

On this page kids practice modern pop and hip-hop — the music many of them already listen to: artists and groups like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Bad Bunny, and BTS, plus the vocabulary underneath every song — chorus, verse, beat, tempo, and hook. Every question comes with a short explanation and a fun fact worth repeating at dinner.

The four difficulty tiers climb steadily. Easy questions — what do we call the repeating part of a song with the main hook? — suit 7- and 8-year-olds. Medium moves into pop and rap history for ages 9–10: which rapper's real name is Shawn Carter? Hard adds music theory and the birth of hip-hop, from the circle of fifths to DJ Kool Herc's Bronx parties; expert reaches production and hip-hop history — sidechain compression, the Akai MPC60, the Dirty South — a genuine stretch for 12- and 13-year-olds and for many adults, too.

In Dragon Academy, every correct answer trains Vibe, the game's music dragon, who grows and evolves as your child's knowledge does. The five sample questions on this page are free to try — tap an answer to check it and read the explanation behind it.

Try 5 sample questions

  1. Which artist released the album '1989' in 2014?

  2. What do we call the repeating section of a song that usually has the main hook?

  3. Which Puerto Rican artist popularized reggaeton worldwide with hits like 'Tití Me Preguntó'?

  4. Beyoncé was originally the lead singer of which girl group?

  5. What is a 'beat' in hip-hop?

Want more than 5 questions?

The full game has 100 Pop & Hip-Hop Music questions across difficulty tiers — plus dragons to raise, hybrids to breed and a story library to read. Free, no ads.

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