People: Rappers - DJs and Producers - Groups - Beatboxers Raekwon (born Corey Woods, January 12, 1970, Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an American East Coast rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. ... Nathaniel Wilson (born July 20, 1968), known by stage name Kool G Rap, is an American hardcore rapper from Queens, New York City. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Sam Momo Giancana (June 15, 1908 — June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. ... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in the 1975 comedy, Lets Do it Again), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was a popular Brooklyn-born rapper of the mid 1990s. ... King of New York is an ultraviolent 1990 motion picture depicting Frank White, a recently-released drug lord who, in a modern-day retelling of the Robin Hood legend, returns to New York City to retake control of the illegal drug trade and use the profits to fight poverty. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... For other uses, see Nas (disambiguation). ... Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ... Mobb Deep, also known as The Infamous Mobb Deep, are a hip hop duo made up of Havoc and Prodigy. ... Brad Terrance Jordan, better known by his stage name Scarface (born November 9, 1970 in Houston, Texas) is an American rapper from the South Acres neighborhood of Houston, Texas. ... Anthony Cruz (born March 9, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York), better known as AZ, is a Grammy nominated East-Coast rapper currently residing in Englewood, New Jersey. ... Jose Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an Puerto Rican-American rapper. ... Scream film trilogy, see Ghostface (Scream). ... Cory McKay (April 27, 1973), better known as Cormega, is an American rapper noted for his street topics and style representative of Queensbridge. ... Capone-N-Noreaga (C-N-N for short) is an East Coast hip hop duo that consists of Capone (Kiam Holley - born in 8 February 1976) and Noreaga (Victor Santiago - born in 6 September 1976). ... Christopher Lee Rios (November 9, 1971–February 7, 2000), better known as Big Punisher or Big Pun, was a New York rapper of Puerto Rican descent who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s. ... The Fun Lovin Criminals are an alternative rap / alternative rock group from New York City, United States. ... Felix Delgado (born 1974), known by stage name Cuban Link, is a rapper best known for his former membership in the group Terror Squad, his friendship with Latin rapper Big Pun, and his problems with rapper Fat Joe. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... 3rd Degree can refer to: 3rd Degree (media) - An investigative journalism series in South Africa. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Rapping, also known as Emceeing, MCing, Rhyme spitting, Spitting, or just Rhyming, is the rhythmic delivery of rhymes, one of the central elements of hip hop music and culture. ... Beatboxing is the art of vocal percussion. ... A boy hitting (holding) a pike Breakdance (media coined phrase), also known as breaking, b-girling or b-boying, is a street dance style that evolved as part of the hip hop movement that originated among African American youths in the South Bronx of New York City during the early... Graffiti (strictly, as singular, graffito, from the Italian — graffiti being the plural) are images or letters applied without permission to publicly viewable surfaces such as walls or bridges. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Turntablism is the art ofSubscript text manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and an audio mixer. ... Faada Freddy of the Senegalese rap crew Daara J in Germany, 2005. ... Breakdance, the original hip hop dance style, performed at MTV Street Festival, Thailand. ...

History: Roots - Old School - Golden Age - New School // In Hip hop music, people individually and separately vocalize over beats, instrumental tracks, usually consisting of repeated phrases. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Old school hip hop is a term used to describe the very earliest hip hop music to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into History of hip hop. ... New school hip hop is a rarely-heard term referring to hip hop created later in the forms development, contrasted with old school hip hop. ...

Genres: Abstract - Alternative - Bounce - Chopped & Screwed - Christian - Conscious - Country - Crunk - Dirty - Dirty South - Electro - Emo - Freestyle - Gangsta - G-funk - Ghettotech - Glitch hop - Hardcore - Hip hop soul - Hip house - Horrorcore - Hyphy - Instrumental - Jazz - Latin - Mafioso - Merenrap - Miami bass - Mobb - Neo soul - Nerdcore - New jack swing - Political - Pop - Rapcore - Ragga - Reggaetón - Snap - Urban Pasifika Hip hop music can be subdivided into subgenres, fusions with other genres and regional hip hop scenes. ... Abstract hip hop is a subgenre of alternative hip hop that differs from other hip hop music largely in the content of the lyrics. ... Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a genre that is defined in greatly varying ways. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Chopped and screwed (also known as screwed and chopped, slowed and throwed, Houston music, H-Town music, screw music, screw, and S.L.A.B. (Slow Loud And Bangin)) all refer to a technique of remixing hip hop music by slowing the tempo and applying various DJ techniques such as... Christian Hip Hop (originally Gospel Rap, also known as Holy Hip Hop or Christ hop) is a form of hip hop music which uses Christian themes to express the songwriters faith. ... Conscious hip hop is a subgenre of alternative hip hop which focuses on social issues. ... Country-rap is the fusion of country music with hip hop music. ... Crunk is a type of hip hop music, classified as a subdivision of Memphis rap and Dirty South. ... Dirty rap, also known as booty rap or sex rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music that contains lyrical content revolving mainly around sex and sexual subjects. ... For other uses of the term Dirty South, see The Dirty South Dirty South is a style of rap music that popped up in the latter half of the 1990s and is based in southern cities and states such as Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami or South Florida, Mississippi... Electro, short for electro funk (also known as robot hip hop and Electro hop) is an electronic style of hip hop directly influenced by Kraftwerk and funk records (unlike earlier rap records which were closer to disco). ... Emo rap (also known as emo hop[1] and hipster hop[2]) is a term typically used to describe hip hop music with emotional lyrical content comparable to that of emo music, as opposed to hip hop musics stereotypical urban themes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... G-funk, an abbreviation of Gangsta-funk, is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. ... Ghettotech is a form of electronic dance music originating from Detroit. ... Glitch (also known as Clicks and Cuts from a representative compilation series by the German record label Mille Plateaux) is a genre of electronic music that became popular in the late 1990s with the increasing use of digital signal processing, particularly on computers. ... Hardcore hip hop is a form of hip hop music characterized by confrontation and aggression in its subject matter, heavy beats, raw sampling and production, or any combination thereof. ... Hip hop soul is the second major subgenre of contemporary R&B. The term generally describes a style of music that blends soulful R&B singing and raw hip hop production. ... Hip house, also known as house rap, is a mixture of house music and hip-hop which arose during the 1980s in New York. ... // The origins of the word horrorcore are not exactly known, though the coining of the term is often accredited to the Russel Simmons. ... Hyphy (pronounced HI-fee; IPA: ) is a style of music and dance primarily associated with the Bay Area hip hop culture. ... Instrumental hip hop is hip hop music without vocals. ... Jazz rap is a fusion of alternative hip hop music and jazz, developed in the very late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Rap music recorded by artists of Latino origin. ... Merenrap, or meren-rap, is a style of hip hop music which was formed from the fusion of Dominican merengue music with rapping. ... Miami bass (also known as booty music, a term that may also include other genres, such as dirty rap) is a type of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s, known for applying the Roland TR-808 sustained kick drum, slightly higher dance tempos, and occasionally... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Neo soul (also known as nu soul) is a musical genre of the late 1990s and early 2000s that fuses contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul, classical music, jazz, and elements of alternative-hip hop. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... New jack swing is a hybrid style of R&B combined with hip hop, popular from the late 80s to early/mid-90s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Pop rap (sometimes referred to as hip pop or even hit pop) is the name given to a style of hip hop that has strong pop music influences. ... Rapcore is a musical genre that fuses the techniques of hip hop, punk, heavy metal and sometimes funk. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Daddy Yankee, a reggaeton artist. ... Snap music is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged from Atlanta, Georgia. ... Urban Pasifika is a sub-genre of hip-hop which combines American style hip-hop or R&B rhyming and beats with Pacific Island or Maori instrumentation (such as ukelele samples) and Pacific Island or Maori language singing/rapping. ...

World hip hop: African - Arabic - Asian - European - Latin American - Middle eastern - Albanian - Algerian - American - Angolan - Australian - Azerbaijani - Bahraini - Belgian - Bosnian and Herzegovinan - Botswana - Brazilian - British - Bulgarian - Canadian - Cape Verdean - Chinese (Hong Kong) - Congolese - Cuban - Czech - Danish - Dominican - Dutch - Egyptian - Filipino - Finnish - French - Gambian - German - Ghanaian - Greek - Greenlandic - Guinean - Hungarian - Icelandic - Indian - Indonesian - Iranian - Irish - Israeli - Italian - Ivoirian - Japanese - Kenyan - Korean - Malagasy - Malaysian - Malian - Mexican - Moroccan - Native American - Nepalese - New Zealand - Nigerian - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Rwandan - Salvadoran - Senegalese - Serbian - Slovak - Slovenian - South African - Spanish - Swedish - Swiss - Taiwanese - Tanzanian - Togolese - Turkish - Ugandan - Ukrainian - Zimbabwean Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Hip hop music has been popular in Africa since the early 1980s due to widespread American influence. ... Cover of sampler CD (2003) Arabic hip hop is hip hop music and culture originating in the Arabic-speaking world. ... Asian Hip Hop is a heterogeneous musical genre that covers all hip hop music as recorded and produced by artists of Asian origin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all Rap music recorded by artists of Latino origin. ... Middle Eastern hip hop is hip hop music and culture originating in the Middle East. ... Hip hop is quite a new style of music for Bosnia and Herzegovina, but it has nevertheless proven very popular. ... The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinsasha, has long been a major home for pan-African styles of popular music like rumba, soukous and kwassa kwassa. ... Ivoirian hip hop is a major part of the popular music of Côte dIvoire, and has been fused with many of the countrys native styles, such as zouglou. ... Native American hip hop is popular among Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. ... Serbian hip hop started in the early 80s, with the birth of b-boy crews and their battles which have spread over the country in no time. ... Taiwanese hip hop music started in the early 1990s, popularized by early hip hop trio L.A. Boyz. ...