Hip hop music

"Hip hop" redirects here. For its cultural origins, see Hip hop (culture). For other uses, see Hip hop (disambiguation).

"Rap music" redirects here. For the form of vocal delivery associated with hip hop music, see Rapping. For the Killer Mike album, see R.A.P. Music.

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap,^[7][8] is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community. Hip-hop music originated as an anti-drug and anti-violence genre^[9] consisting of stylized rhythmic music (usually built around drum beats) that often accompanies rapping, a rhythmic delivery of poetic speech.^[10] In the early 1990s, a professor of African American studies at Temple University said, "Hip-hop is something that blacks can unequivocally claim as their own."^[11] By the 21st century, the field of rappers had diversified by both race and gender. The music developed as part of the broader hip-hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, breakdancing, and graffiti art.^[12][13][14] While often used to refer solely to rapping and rap music, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture.^[15][16] The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music,^[10][17] though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of the culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.^[18][19]

Hip hop
Stylistic origins	Funk disco soul rhythm and blues jazz[1] spoken word scat singing talking blues performance poetry[1]
Cultural origins	August 11, 1973, The Bronx, New York City, U.S.[2][3][4]
Typical instruments	Rapping singing[5][6] turntables DJ mixer drum machine sampler music sequencer synthesizer keyboard
Derivative forms	Baltimore club breakbeat Florida breaks funk carioca ghetto house ghettotech glitch hop grime illbient Latin freestyle nu metal reggaeton wonky
Subgenres
Alternative Alaskan Hip Hop boom bap bounce British Brooklyn drill chap hop chicano rap chopped and screwed chopper Christian cloud rap comedy conscious crunk crunkcore Desi hip hop dirty rap drill East Coast frat rap freestyle rap gangsta rap g-funk hardcore hipster hop horrorcore hyphy instrumental Islamic jerkin' Jewish Latin Latin trap mafioso rap Memphis rap Miami bass mumble rap nerdcore phonk plugg political progressive road rap snap Southern trap tread turntablism UK drill underground West Coast (complete list)
Fusion genres
Contemporary R&B country rap electro emo rap hip hop soul hip house industrial hip hop jazz rap lofi hip hop new jack swing pop rap punk rap psychedelic rap ragga hip hop rap opera rap rock rap metal trap metal rapcore trip hop Regional fusion genres Afroswing bongo flava boomba music cumbia rap genge gyp-hop hip hop galsen hipco hiplife igbo rap kwaito low bap merenhouse motswako na mele paleoleo nuyorican rap Romany hip hop songo-salsa street pop stronda urban Pasifika vigilante rap zenji flava
Regional scenes
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