Hardcore hip hop
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Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and confrontation.
Music genre
| Hardcore hip hop | |
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| Stylistic origins | Hip hop |
| Cultural origins | Early 1980s, mainly in New York City and Philadelphia |
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