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Encyclopedia > Bosnian hip hop

Hip hop is quite a new style of music for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it has nevertheless proven very popular. The majority of Bosnian and Herzegovinian rappers are from the Federation of BiH (the Bosniak(Bosnian Muslim)dominated half of the country). The vibrant underground scene has coalesced around several major portals on the Internet. Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ...


The most famous rapper in Bosnia-Herzegovina is Edo Maajka and others include Frenkie, Hamza, Amon Ra, Sove, Dibidus etc. The most popular rap group in Bosnia-Herzegovina is Disciplinska Komisija, which Edo Maajka is a member of. Edo Maajka (born Edin Osmić on December 22, 1978 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY) is the most popular Bosnian rapper. ... The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. ... This is a Bosnian rap group in which Edo Maajka is a member of. ...


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Hip hop music - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (6490 words)
Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s.
Hip hop Kool DJ Herc, in contrast, originated the practice of isolating and extending only the break—a short percussion solo interlude—by mixing between two copies of the same record.
Hip hop music is a part of hip hop, a cultural movement that includes the activities of breakdancing and graffiti art, as well as associated slang, fashion and other elements.
Hip hop music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4993 words)
Cowboy later worked the "hip hop" cadence into a part of his stage performance, which was quickly copied by other artists; for example the opening of the song "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang.
Another reason for hip hop's rise was the decline of disco, funk and rock in the mid- to late 70s.
Hip hop was popular there at least as far back as 1976 (first record: "Rhythm Talk", by Jocko Henderson in 1979), and the New York Times dubbed Philly the "Graffiti Capital of the World" in 1971, due to the influence of such legendary graffiti artists as Cornbread.
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