popstream

English

Etymology

Blend of pop +‎ mainstream.

Noun

popstream (plural not attested)

1. The musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.
   • 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420:

     Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.

   • 2013, Simone Krüger, Ruxandra Trandafoiu, The Globalization of Musics in Transit:

     Genuine remixers of sound and traditions, and typically estranged from the cultural popstream, each of these cultural brokers maintained vast collections of fresh material enabled by networks of exchange […]