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backpacker
 n.— «If you’re a fan of what is collectively (and sometimes derisively) called “backpacker rap,” you’re probably familiar with Metal Face Doom a/k/a Zev Love X; his alias as the former frontman of troubled rap group K.M.D.» —“Two new ‘RapReviews’—MF Doom and Mystikal” by Steve ‘Flash’ Juon Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop Oct. 25, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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