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(Redirected from List of genres of hip hop) Overview of hip hop musical genres

List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.

Historical time periods

Subgenres

Fusion genres

Country rap
Electro
Emo rap
Hip hop soul
- Neo soul
Hip house
Industrial hip hop
Jazz rap
New jack swing
Pop rap
Punk rap
Ragga hip hop
Rap opera
Rap rock
- Rap metal
  - Trap metal
- Rapcore
Trip hop

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Derived genres

Electronic

Rock

Nu metal

World

United States regional scenes

American hip hop regional scenes and hip hop related genres that came from them.

Northeastern

East Coast hip hop
- New Jersey hip hop
- New York City hip hop
  - Boom bap - from New York City
  - Hardcore hip hop - from New York City
  - Mafioso rap - from New York City
- Philadelphia hip hop
  - Tread rap - from Philadelphia
- Washington, D.C.
- Baltimore club - from Baltimore, Maryland

Midwestern

Midwest hip-hop
Chopper - from Kansas City, Cleveland, Chicago
Drill - from the South Side of Chicago
Detroit hip hop
Minneapolis hip hop
Omaha hip hop
Horrorcore
Scam rap

Southern

Southern hip hop (Dirty south)
- Atlanta hip hop
  - Snap
  - Trap
- Houston hip hop
  - Chopped and screwed
- Louisiana
  - Bounce - from New Orleans, Louisiana
  - Jigga music - from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Tennessee
  - Crunk - from Memphis, Tennessee
  - Memphis rap - from Memphis, Tennessee
  - Slab music
- Miami bass - from Miami, Florida

Western

West Coast hip hop
- California
  - Gangsta rap - from Los Angeles
  - Chicano rap - from East Los Angeles
  - Electro hop - from Los Angeles
  - G-funk - from Pomona, California
  - Mobb music and hyphy - from the San Francisco Bay Area
    - Jerkin' - from Los Angeles
  - Ratchet - from Los Angeles
  - West Coast trap - from Long Beach, California
Northwest hip hop - from Oregon and Washington

Hawaii

Na mele paleoleo - from Hilo, Hawaii

By descent

World scenes

Africa

African hip hop

Asia

Asian hip hop
- Mongolian hip hop
- Azerbaijani hip hop
- Bangladeshi hip hop
- Burmese hip hop
- Chinese hip hop
- Hong Kong hip hop
- Indian hip hop
  - Desi hip hop
- Indonesian hip hop
- Japanese hip hop
- Korean hip hop
- Malaysian hip hop
- Nepalese hip hop
- Pakistani hip hop
- Pinoy hip hop (Philippine hip hop)
- Singapore hip hop
- Sri Lankan hip hop
- Taiwanese hip hop
- Thai hip hop

Europe

European hip hop

Middle East

Middle Eastern hip hop
- Arabic hip hop
- Iranian hip hop (Persian hip hop)
- Israeli hip hop
- Lebanese hip hop
- Palestinian hip hop
- Saudi Arabian hip hop
- Tunisian hip hop
- Turkish hip hop
- Yemeni hip hop

North America

Oceania

South America

Latin hip hop
South American hip hop

Ethnic fusion genres

African

Bongo Flava - from Tanzania
Boomba music - from Kenya
Genge - from Kenya
Hip hop galsen - from Senegal
Hipco - from Liberia
Hiplife - hip hop and highlife from Ghana
Igbo rap - from Southeast Nigeria
Kwaito - South African house/hip hop fusion
Motswako - from Botswana and South Africa
Zenji flava - from Tanzania

European

Afroswing - from London
Gyp-hop - from Romania
Low bap - from Greece
Romany hip hop - by Romani people of Europe
Songo-salsa - from Spain

North American

Merenhouse - by Dominican residents of New York City
Na mele paleoleo - from Hawaii
Nuyorican rap - by Puerto Ricans of New York City

South American

Oceanian

Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand

See also

References

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Culture

History

General	Alternative Hipster hop Boom bap Bounce British Road rap Chipmunk soul Chopped and screwed Chopper Cloud rap Comedy Crunk Crunkcore East Coast Freestyle rap Hyphy Jerkin' Instrumental Latin Chicano rap Lofi Miami bass Mumble rap Nerdcore Chap hop Political Conscious Progressive rap Religious Christian Jewish Snap music Southern Turntablism Underground
Hardcore	Dirty rap Gangsta rap Mafioso rap G-funk Horrorcore Memphis rap
Trap music	Afro trap Drill Brooklyn drill Jersey drill Sample drill UK drill Latin trap Phonk Plugg Rage Tread UK trap

General	Country rap Electro Emo rap Hip-hop soul Hip house Industrial Jazz rap New jack swing Pop rap Psychedelic rap Punk rap Ragga Rap opera Rap rock Trip hop
Rap metal	Trap metal Nu metal
Regional	Afroswing Bongo Flava Boomba music Cumbia rap Genge Hip-hop galsen Hipco Hiplife Igbo rap Kwaito Low bap Motswako Nā mele paleoleo Nuyorican rap Romani hip-hop Songo-salsa Scam rap Stronda Urban Pasifika Vigilante rap Zenji flava

Electronic	Breakbeat Baltimore club Florida breaks Ghetto house Ghettotech Glitch hop Grime Illbient Freestyle Wonky
Other	Funk carioca Reggaeton Alternative reggaeton

Regional scenes

African	Algerian Angolan Beninese Botswana Gambian Ghanaian Ivorian Kenyan Malawian Mauritian Moroccan Namibian Nigerian Port Harcourt Nigerien Senegalese South African Tanzanian Togolese Zambian Zimbabwean
Asian	Armenian Azerbaijani Bangladeshi Burmese Chinese Indian Desi Indonesian Japanese Korean Malaysian Mongolian Nepalese Pakistani Philippine Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thai
European	Albanian Austrian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British Celtic Scottish Bulgarian Croatian Czech Dutch Finnish French German Greek Portuguese Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Macedonian Montenegrin Norwegian Polish Romanian Romani Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Ukrainian
Middle Eastern	Arabic Egyptian Iranian Israeli Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Arabian Tunisian Turkish Yemeni
North American	United States: East Coast Baltimore New Jersey New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Midwestern Chicago Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul Milwaukee Omaha Southern Atlanta Memphis Miami West Coast Northwest Alaska Asian American Latin Native American Outside the US: Canadian Cuban Dominican Haitian Mexican Salvadoran
Oceanian	Australian New Zealand Samoan
South American	Brazilian Brasília Chilean Colombian

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