List of hip-hop genres
List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.
Historical time periods
Subgenres
- Alternative hip-hop
- Boom bap
- Bounce
- British hip-hop
- Chopped and screwed
- Chopper
- Christian hip-hop
- Cloud rap
- Comedy hip-hop
- Crunk
- East Coast hip-hop
- Freestyle rap
- Funk carioca
- Frat rap
- G-funk
- Hardcore hip-hop
- Hyphy
- Instrumental hip-hop
- Latin hip-hop
- Lofi hip-hop
- Miami bass
- Mumble rap
- Nerdcore
- Political hip-hop
- Progressive rap
- Religious hip-hop
- Slab music
- Snap music
- Southern hip-hop
- Trap music
- Turntablism
- Underground hip-hop
- West Coast hip-hop
Fusion genres |
Derived genresElectronic Rock World
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United States regional scenes
American hip-hop regional scenes and hip-hop related genres that came from them.
World scenes
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
- Cumbia rap - from Colombia
- Stronda - from Rio de Janeiro
- Vigilante rap - from Brazil
Oceanian
- Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand
See also
- Hip-hop culture
- List of hip-hop festivals
- List of hip-hop musicians
- List of electronic music genres
- List of hip-hop record labels
- Rapping
- List of subcultures