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href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_hip_hop" title="East Coast hip hop – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="East Coast hip hop" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_hip_hop" title="East Coast hip hop – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="East Coast hip hop" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastcoasthiphop" title="Eastcoasthiphop – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Eastcoasthiphop" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja 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origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">Hip-hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">contemporary R&B</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">August 11, 1973, <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, New York City, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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jack swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_club" title="Jersey club">Jersey club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_club" title="Baltimore club">Baltimore club</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Regional scenes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>New York</li><li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maine" title="Maine">Maine</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_hip-hop" title="West Coast hip-hop">West Coast hip-hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast%E2%80%93West_Coast_hip-hop_rivalry" title="East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry">East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_musicians_from_New_York_City" title="List of hip-hop musicians from New York City">list of hip-hop musicians from New York City</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>East Coast hip-hop</b> is a regional subgenre of <a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">hip-hop music</a> that originated in New York City during the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hip-hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a>, New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast to other styles, East Coast hip-hop music prioritizes complex lyrics for attentive listening rather than beats for dancing.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term 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The song played on the background is "<a href="/wiki/The_Choice_Is_Yours_(Revisited)" title="The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)">The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Black_Sheep_(duo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Sheep (duo)">Black Sheep</a>.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>In contrast to the more simplistic rhyme pattern and scheme used in <a href="/wiki/Old-school_hip-hop" title="Old-school hip-hop">Old-school hip-hop</a>, hip-hop in the late ‘80s developed a stronger emphasis on lyrical dexterity.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also became characterized by multi-syllabic rhymes, complex wordplay, a continuous free-flowing delivery and intricate metaphors.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although East Coast hip-hop can vary in sound and style, "aggressive" beats and the combining of <a href="/wiki/Sampling_(music)" title="Sampling (music)">samples</a> were common to the subgenre in the mid- to late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aggressive and hard-hitting beats of the form were emphasized by such acts as <a href="/wiki/EPMD" title="EPMD">EPMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a>, while artists such as <a href="/wiki/Eric_B._%26_Rakim" title="Eric B. & Rakim">Eric B. & Rakim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boogie_Down_Productions" title="Boogie Down Productions">Boogie Down Productions</a>, <a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kane" title="Big Daddy Kane">Big Daddy Kane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Slick_Rick" title="Slick Rick">Slick Rick</a> were noted for their lyrical skill. Lyrical themes throughout the history of East Coast hip-hop have ranged from <a href="/wiki/Political_hip_hop#Conscious_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Political hip hop">lyrical consciousness</a> by such artists as Public Enemy and <a href="/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest" title="A Tribe Called Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gangsta_rap#Mafioso_rap" title="Gangsta rap">Mafioso rap</a> themes by rappers such as <a href="/wiki/Raekwon" title="Raekwon">Raekwon</a>, <a href="/wiki/MF_Grimm" title="MF Grimm">MF Grimm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap">Kool G Rap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1973–1986:_Emergence"><span id="1973.E2.80.931986:_Emergence"></span>1973–1986: Emergence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1973–1986: Emergence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Roots_of_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Roots of hip hop">Roots of hip hop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_school_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Old school hip hop">Old school hip hop</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_school_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="New school hip hop">New school hip hop</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/The_Bridge_Wars" title="The Bridge Wars">The Bridge Wars</a></div> <p>East Coast hip-hop is occasionally referred to as New York rap due to its origins and development at block parties thrown in New York City during the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>, "At the dawn of the hip-hop era, all rap was East Coast rap."<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leading up to hip-hop, there were spoken-word artists such as <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Poets" title="The Last Poets">the Last Poets</a> who released <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Poets_(album)" title="The Last Poets (album)">their debut album</a> in 1970, and <a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a>, who gained a wide audience with his 1971 track "<a href="/wiki/The_Revolution_Will_Not_Be_Televised" title="The Revolution Will Not Be Televised">The Revolution Will Not Be Televised</a>". These artists combined spoken word and music to create a kind of "proto-rap" vibe.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, early artists of hip-hop such as <a href="/wiki/DJ_Kool_Herc" title="DJ Kool Herc">DJ Kool Herc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash" title="Grandmaster Flash">Grandmaster Flash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa" title="Afrika Bambaataa">Afrika Bambaataa</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang" title="The Sugarhill Gang">the Sugarhill Gang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurtis_Blow" title="Kurtis Blow">Kurtis Blow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jam_Master_Jay" title="Jam Master Jay">Jam Master Jay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Run-DMC" title="Run-DMC">Run-DMC</a>, pioneered East Coast hip-hop during hip-hop's earlier years in the 1970s and 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1986–1997:_Renaissance"><span id="1986.E2.80.931997:_Renaissance"></span>1986–1997: Renaissance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1986–1997: Renaissance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg/170px-RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg/255px-RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg/340px-RZA_7_Shankbone_2009_Tao_of_Wu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1980" data-file-height="2425" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/RZA" title="RZA">RZA</a>, producer and member of the <a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As the genre developed, lyrical themes evolved through the work of East Coast artists such as the <a href="/wiki/Native_Tongues" title="Native Tongues">Native Tongues</a>, a collective of hip-hop artists associated with generally positive, Afrocentric themes, and assembled by Afrika Bambaataa. New York–based groups such as <a href="/wiki/De_La_Soul" title="De La Soul">De La Soul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a>, <a href="/wiki/A_Tribe_Called_Quest" title="A Tribe Called Quest">A Tribe Called Quest</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Jungle_Brothers" title="Jungle Brothers">Jungle Brothers</a> also earned recognition for their musical eclecticism.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This period from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s has been called the "<a href="/wiki/Golden_age_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden age hip hop">golden age</a>" of hip-hop. Although East Coast hip-hop was more popular throughout the late 1980s, <a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton" title="Straight Outta Compton">Straight Outta Compton</a></i> (released in the summer of 1988) presented the toughened sound of <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_hip-hop" title="West Coast hip-hop">West Coast hip-hop</a>, which was accompanied by gritty, street-level subject matter.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 1992, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Dre" title="Dr. Dre">Dr. Dre</a>'s <a href="/wiki/G-funk" title="G-funk">G-funk</a> record <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chronic" title="The Chronic">The Chronic</a></i> would introduce West Coast hip-hop to the mainstream. Along with a combined ability to keep its primary function as party music, the West Coast form of hip-hop became a dominant force during the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although G-Funk was the most popular variety of hip-hop during the early 1990s, the East Coast hip-hop scene remained an integral part of the music industry. During this period, several New York City rappers rising from the local underground scene, began releasing noteworthy albums in the early and mid-1990s, such as <a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-Stylus_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stylus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Stretch_Armstrong_and_Bobbito_Show" title="The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show">The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show</a> was the launch pad for many East Coast rappers during this era. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nas-04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nas-04.jpg/170px-Nas-04.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nas-04.jpg/255px-Nas-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nas-04.jpg/340px-Nas-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="958" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>'s 1994 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Illmatic" title="Illmatic">Illmatic</a></i> was critically acclaimed.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Nas" title="Nas">Nas</a>'s 1994 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Illmatic" title="Illmatic">Illmatic</a></i> has also been noted as one of the creative high points of the East Coast hip-hop scene, and featured production from such renowned New York–based producers as <a href="/wiki/Large_Professor" title="Large Professor">Large Professor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rock" title="Pete Rock">Pete Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/DJ_Premier" title="DJ Premier">DJ Premier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stylus_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stylus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, The <a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Onyx_(hip_hop_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Onyx (hip hop group)">Onyx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Black_Moon_(group)" title="Black Moon (group)">Black Moon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smif-N-Wessun" title="Smif-N-Wessun">Smif-N-Wessun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_L" title="Big L">Big L</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lost_Boyz" title="Lost Boyz">Lost Boyz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mobb_Deep" title="Mobb Deep">Mobb Deep</a> became pillars in New York's <a href="/wiki/Hardcore_hip-hop" title="Hardcore hip-hop">hardcore hip-hop</a> scene, achieving widespread critical acclaim for their landmark albums, <i><a href="/wiki/Enter_the_Wu-Tang_(36_Chambers)" title="Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)">Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_%26_Dangerous" title="Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous">Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/Enta_da_Stage" title="Enta da Stage">Enta da Stage</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Bacdafucup" title="Bacdafucup">Bacdafucup</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Dah_Shinin%27" title="Dah Shinin'">Dah Shinin'</a></i> (1995), <i><a href="/wiki/Legal_Drug_Money" title="Legal Drug Money">Legal Drug Money</a></i> (1996) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Infamous" title="The Infamous">The Infamous</a></i> (1995). </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">The Notorious B.I.G.</a> became the central figure in East Coast hip-hop during most of the 1990s. <a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Records" title="Bad Boy Records">Bad Boy Records</a> comprised a team of producers known as the Hitmen Stevie J, Derrick "D Dot" Angelletie and Amen Ra directed by <a href="/wiki/Sean_Combs" title="Sean Combs">Sean Combs</a> to move the focus on hip-hop to New York with the Notorious B.I.G.'s Billboard topping hits.<sup id="cite_ref-BIGbio_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIGbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His success on the music charts and rise to the mainstream drew more attention to New York at the time of West Coast hip-hop's dominance.<sup id="cite_ref-BIGbio_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIGbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> editor Steve Huey, the success of his 1994 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_to_Die" title="Ready to Die">Ready to Die</a></i> "reinvented East Coast rap for the gangsta age" and "turned the Notorious B.I.G. into a hip-hop sensation — the first major star the East Coast had produced since the rise of Dr. Dre's West Coast G-funk".<sup id="cite_ref-BIGbio_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIGbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many saw his dominating presence as a catalyzing factor in the East Coast/West Coast hip-hop rivalry that polarized much of the hip-hop community, stirring the issue enough to result in the Brooklyn rapper's 1997 death, as well as his West Coast counterpart, <a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a>, months prior.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the late 1990s, East coast rap had returned to mainstream dominance.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1997–2007:_Bling_era,_mainstream_success"><span id="1997.E2.80.932007:_Bling_era.2C_mainstream_success"></span>1997–2007: Bling era, mainstream success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1997–2007: Bling era, mainstream success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biggie's commercial success helped pave the way for the success of other up-and-coming East Coast rappers such as <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>, <a href="/wiki/DMX" title="DMX">DMX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Busta_Rhymes" title="Busta Rhymes">Busta Rhymes</a>, <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ja_Rule" title="Ja Rule">Ja Rule</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Lox" title="The Lox">the Lox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fat_Joe" title="Fat Joe">Fat Joe</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Pun" title="Big Pun">Big Pun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BIGbio_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIGbio-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many East Coast hip-hop producers also rose to prominence during this period such as <a href="/wiki/Timbaland" title="Timbaland">Timbaland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pharrell" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharrell">Pharrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Just_Blaze" title="Just Blaze">Just Blaze</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swizz_Beatz" title="Swizz Beatz">Swizz Beatz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irv_Gotti" title="Irv Gotti">Irv Gotti</a>, and <a href="/wiki/7_Aurelius" class="mw-redirect" title="7 Aurelius">7 Aurelius</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2013:_Blog_era_and_revitalization"><span id="2007.E2.80.932013:_Blog_era_and_revitalization"></span>2007–2013: Blog era and revitalization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2007–2013: Blog era and revitalization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg/170px-Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg/255px-Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg/340px-Wiz_Khalifa_in_Under_The_Influence_Tour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="701" data-file-height="921" /></a><figcaption>Wiz Khalifa performing in Toronto in 2012.</figcaption></figure> <p>A mainstream revitalization of East Coast rap occurred in the late 2000s and early 2010s, albeit without the same level of ubiquity as in the 1990s. Younger artists at this time used Internet resources such as social media, blogging, and <a href="/wiki/Music_streaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Music streaming">music streaming</a> to build a following among fans,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> blurring the lines between the <a href="/wiki/Underground_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground hip hop">underground</a> and the mainstream. Rappers who emerged during this "blog era" include <a href="/wiki/Joey_Badass" title="Joey Badass">Joey Bada$$</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiz_Khalifa" title="Wiz Khalifa">Wiz Khalifa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meek_Mill" title="Meek Mill">Meek Mill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pusha_T" title="Pusha T">Pusha T</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vast_Aire" title="Vast Aire">Vast Aire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wale_(rapper)" title="Wale (rapper)">Wale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logic_(rapper)" title="Logic (rapper)">Logic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azealia_Banks" title="Azealia Banks">Azealia Banks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mac_Miller" title="Mac Miller">Mac Miller</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014–present:_Rise_of_New_York_City_drill_and_trap"><span id="2014.E2.80.93present:_Rise_of_New_York_City_drill_and_trap"></span>2014–present: Rise of New York City drill and trap</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2014–present: Rise of New York City drill and trap"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various factors have led to a decline in unique regional scenes across many musical genres, including East Coast rap. In addition, rivalries between different cities and regions have declined significantly and artists across different regions and genres are much more willing to collaborate than in the past. Despite this, the distinctive East Coast sound is still notable in today's music, often mixed with modern trap sounds. <a href="/wiki/Lil_Uzi_Vert" title="Lil Uzi Vert">Lil Uzi Vert</a>, from Philadelphia, began their career representing the East Coast style, but moved to Atlanta to join others such as <a href="/wiki/Lil_Yachty" title="Lil Yachty">Lil Yachty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Playboi_Carti" title="Playboi Carti">Playboi Carti</a>, all of whom gained popularity by using online social media.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_drill" title="Brooklyn drill">New York City's drill</a> movement, heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/UK_drill" title="UK drill">UK drill</a> (and often using the same London producers), has injected new energy into the New York hip-hop scene, attracting critical acclaim, media controversy and a significant following, despite departing from standard hip-hop song structures.<sup id="cite_ref-NPRdrill_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPRdrill-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movement started in Brooklyn, led by artists such as the late <a href="/wiki/Pop_Smoke" title="Pop Smoke">Pop Smoke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fivio_Foreign" title="Fivio Foreign">Fivio Foreign</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheff_G" title="Sheff G">Sheff G</a>, and <a href="/wiki/22Gz" title="22Gz">22Gz</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WEHO2022-6_(52122368631).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg/220px-WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg/330px-WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg/440px-WEHO2022-6_%2852122368631%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Lil Kim's fourth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Truth_(Lil%27_Kim_album)" title="The Naked Truth (Lil' Kim album)">The Naked Truth</a></i> is the only album by a female rapper to have received five mics from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Source" title="The Source">The Source</a></i> for its outstanding lyrical performance. Lil Kim performs at a <a href="/wiki/Pride_parade" title="Pride parade">pride parade</a> in Los Angeles in 2022 above.</figcaption></figure> <p>East Coast hip-hop was the dominant form of rap music during the Golden Era of hip-hop.<sup id="cite_ref-Adaso_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adaso-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many knowledgeable hip-hop fans and critics are particularly favorable towards East Coast hip-hop of the early-mid 1990s, viewing it as a time of creative growth and influential recordings, and describing it as "The East Coast Renaissance". Music writer May Blaize of MVRemix Urban comments on the nostalgia felt among hip-hop fans for records released during this time: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>It was claimed as the East Coast Renaissance. Wu-Tang brought the ruckus with </i><a href="/wiki/Enter_the_Wu-Tang_(36_Chambers)" title="Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)">36 Chambers</a><i>. The world was ours when Nas released </i><a href="/wiki/Illmatic" title="Illmatic">Illmatic</a><i>. <a href="/wiki/Big_L" title="Big L">Big L</a>, (The MVP) came out with </i><a href="/wiki/Lifestylez_ov_da_Poor_and_Dangerous" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous">Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous</a><i>. Temperatures rose in clubs when Mobb Deep came out with </i><a href="/wiki/The_Infamous" title="The Infamous">The Infamous</a><i> and Brooklyn's finest Jay-Z released </i><a href="/wiki/Reasonable_Doubt_(album)" title="Reasonable Doubt (album)">Reasonable Doubt</a><i>. . . And who can forget the powerful uplifting anthem that would brand New York's concrete "Bucktown" (<a href="/wiki/Smif-n-Wessun" class="mw-redirect" title="Smif-n-Wessun">Smif-n-Wessun</a>'s hit single</i>)? . . .Ahh, it was a beautiful time in hip-hop history that many of us wish we could return to.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>David Drake of <i><a href="/wiki/Stylus_Magazine" title="Stylus Magazine">Stylus Magazine</a></i> writes of hip-hop during 1994 and its contributions, stating: "The beats were hot, the rhymes were hot – it really was an amazing time for hip-hop and music in general. This was the critical point for the East Coast, a time when rappers from the New York area were releasing bucketloads of thrilling work – <a href="/wiki/Digable_Planets" title="Digable Planets">Digable Planets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gang_Starr" title="Gang Starr">Gang Starr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rock" title="Pete Rock">Pete Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeru_tha_Damaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeru tha Damaja">Jeru</a>, <a href="/wiki/O.C._(rapper)" title="O.C. (rapper)">O.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Organized_Konfusion" title="Organized Konfusion">Organized Konfusion</a> – I mean, this was a year of serious music."<sup id="cite_ref-Stylus_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stylus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>East Coast hip-hop has also produced a multitude of acclaimed female rappers, including <a href="/wiki/Salt_(rapper)" title="Salt (rapper)">Salt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pepa_(rapper)" title="Pepa (rapper)">Pepa</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Real_Roxanne" title="The Real Roxanne">The Real Roxanne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monie_Love" title="Monie Love">Monie Love</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Latifah" title="Queen Latifah">Queen Latifah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lil_Kim" class="mw-redirect" title="Lil Kim">Lil Kim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lauryn_Hill" title="Lauryn Hill">Lauryn Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digable_Planets" title="Digable Planets">Ladybug Mecca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Foxy_Brown_(rapper)" title="Foxy Brown (rapper)">Foxy Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charli_Baltimore" title="Charli Baltimore">Charli Baltimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eve_(rapper)" title="Eve (rapper)">Eve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missy_Elliott" title="Missy Elliott">Missy Elliott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angie_Martinez" title="Angie Martinez">Angie Martinez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Remy_Ma" title="Remy Ma">Remy Ma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lil_Mama" title="Lil Mama">Lil Mama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cardi_B" title="Cardi B">Cardi B</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coi_Leray" title="Coi Leray">Coi Leray</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_York_(state)" title="Music of New York (state)">Music of New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_York_City" title="Music of New York City">Music of New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_New_York_City" title="Culture of New York City">Culture of New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Jersey" title="Music of New Jersey">Music of New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Pennsylvania" title="Music of Pennsylvania">Music of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Connecticut" title="Music of Connecticut">Music of Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Massachusetts" title="Music of Massachusetts">Music of Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Rhode_Island" title="Music of Rhode Island">Music of Rhode Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Hampshire" title="Music of New Hampshire">Music of New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Vermont" title="Music of Vermont">Music of Vermont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Maine" title="Music of Maine">Music of Maine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Virginia" title="Music of Virginia">Music of Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Maryland" title="Music of Maryland">Music of Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast%E2%80%93West_Coast_hip-hop_rivalry" title="East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry">East Coast–West Coast hip-hop rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_East_Coast_hip-hop_record_labels" title="List of East Coast hip-hop record labels">List of East Coast hip-hop record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_and_Bobbito:_Radio_That_Changed_Lives" title="Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives">Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=East_Coast_hip-hop&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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color: white;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_rap" title="Battle rap">Battle rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_dance" title="Hip-hop dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_fashion" title="Hip-hop fashion">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_activism" title="Hip-hop activism">Activism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_feminism" title="Hip-hop feminism">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminist_activism_in_hip-hop" title="Feminist activism in hip-hop">Feminist activism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBTQ hip-hop">LGBTQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_festivals" title="List of hip-hop festivals">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop" title="Hip-hop">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_production" title="Hip-hop production">Production</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_theater" title="Hip-hop theater">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres">Genres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; color: white;;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five-Percent_Nation" title="Five-Percent Nation">Five-Percent Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Zulu_Nation" title="Universal Zulu Nation">Universal Zulu Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old-school_hip-hop" title="Old-school hip-hop">Old-school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New-school_hip-hop" title="New-school hip-hop">New school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_age_hip-hop" title="Golden age hip-hop">Golden age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_underground_scene" title="Bristol underground scene">Bristol underground scene</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; color: white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Subgenres</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">General</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_hip-hop" title="Alternative hip-hop">Alternative</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hipster_hop" title="Hipster hop">Hipster hop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom_bap" title="Boom bap">Boom bap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bounce_music" title="Bounce music">Bounce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_rap" title="UK rap">British</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UK_rap#Road_rap" title="UK rap">Road rap</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipmunk_soul" title="Chipmunk soul">Chipmunk soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopped_and_screwed" title="Chopped and screwed">Chopped and screwed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopper_(rap)" title="Chopper (rap)">Chopper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_rap" title="Cloud rap">Cloud rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_hip-hop" title="Comedy hip-hop">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crunk" title="Crunk">Crunk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crunkcore" title="Crunkcore">Crunkcore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_rap" title="Freestyle rap">Freestyle rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyphy" title="Hyphy">Hyphy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerkin%27" title="Jerkin'">Jerkin'</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instrumental_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrumental hip-hop">Instrumental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_hip-hop" title="Latin hip-hop">Latin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicano_rap" title="Chicano rap">Chicano rap</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofi_hip-hop" title="Lofi hip-hop">Lofi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowend" title="Lowend">Lowend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_bass" title="Miami bass">Miami bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mumble_rap" title="Mumble rap">Mumble rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerdcore" title="Nerdcore">Nerdcore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chap_hop" title="Chap hop">Chap hop</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_hip-hop" title="Political hip-hop">Political</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_hip-hop#Conscious_hip_hop" title="Political hip-hop">Conscious</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rap" title="Progressive rap">Progressive rap</a></li> <li>Religious <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_hip-hop" title="Christian hip-hop">Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_hip-hop" title="Jewish hip-hop">Jewish</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snap_music" title="Snap music">Snap music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_hip-hop" title="Southern hip-hop">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turntablism" title="Turntablism">Turntablism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underground_hip-hop" title="Underground hip-hop">Underground</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_hip-hop" title="Hardcore hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Hardcore</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dirty_rap" title="Dirty rap">Dirty rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangsta_rap" title="Gangsta rap">Gangsta rap</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangsta_rap#Mafioso_rap" title="Gangsta rap">Mafioso rap</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-funk" title="G-funk">G-funk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horrorcore" title="Horrorcore">Horrorcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_rap" title="Memphis rap">Memphis rap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Trap_music" title="Trap music"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Trap music</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afrobeats#Afro_trap" title="Afrobeats">Afro trap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drill_music" title="Drill music">Drill</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_drill" title="Brooklyn drill">Brooklyn drill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_club#Jersey_club_rap" title="Jersey club">Jersey drill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_drill#Sample_drill" title="Brooklyn drill">Sample drill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_drill" title="UK drill">UK drill</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_trap" title="Latin trap">Latin trap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonk" title="Phonk">Phonk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plugg_music" title="Plugg music">Plugg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rage_(music_genre)" title="Rage (music genre)">Rage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_on_Dying#Tread_style" title="Working on Dying">Tread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_rap#Trap_scene" title="UK rap">UK trap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; color: white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres#Fusion_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Fusion genres</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres#Fusion_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">General</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_rap" title="Country rap">Country rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electro_(music)" title="Electro (music)">Electro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emo_rap" title="Emo rap">Emo rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_soul" title="Hip-hop soul">Hip-hop soul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_house" title="Hip house">Hip house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_hip-hop" title="Industrial hip-hop">Industrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz_rap" title="Jazz rap">Jazz rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_jack_swing" title="New jack swing">New jack swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rap" title="Pop rap">Pop rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rap" title="Psychedelic rap">Psychedelic rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punk_rap" title="Punk rap">Punk rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ragga#Ragga_and_hip_hop_music" title="Ragga">Ragga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap_opera" title="Rap opera">Rap opera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">Rap rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trip_hop" title="Trip hop">Trip hop</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Rap_metal" title="Rap metal"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Rap metal</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rap_metal#Trap_metal" title="Rap metal">Trap metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">Nu metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres#Ethnic_fusion_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Regional</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afroswing" title="Afroswing">Afroswing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongo_Flava" title="Bongo Flava">Bongo Flava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomba_music" title="Boomba music">Boomba music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumbia_rap" title="Cumbia rap">Cumbia rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genge" title="Genge">Genge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_galsen" title="Hip-hop galsen">Hip-hop galsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hipco" title="Hipco">Hipco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiplife" title="Hiplife">Hiplife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_rap" title="Igbo rap">Igbo rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwaito" title="Kwaito">Kwaito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_bap" title="Low bap">Low bap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motswako" title="Motswako">Motswako</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81_mele_paleoleo" title="Nā mele paleoleo">Nā mele paleoleo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuyorican_rap" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuyorican rap">Nuyorican rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_hip-hop" title="Romani hip-hop">Romani hip-hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songo-salsa" title="Songo-salsa">Songo-salsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scam_rap" title="Scam rap">Scam rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stronda" title="Stronda">Stronda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_Pasifika" title="Urban Pasifika">Urban Pasifika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigilante_rap" title="Vigilante rap">Vigilante rap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenji_flava" title="Zenji flava">Zenji flava</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; color: white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_hip-hop_genres#Derived_genres" title="List of hip-hop genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Derivatives</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_electronic_music_genres" title="List of electronic music genres"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Electronic</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breakbeat" title="Breakbeat">Breakbeat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_club" title="Baltimore club">Baltimore club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_breaks" title="Florida breaks">Florida breaks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghetto_house" title="Ghetto house">Ghetto house</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghettotech" title="Ghettotech">Ghettotech</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glitch_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Glitch hop">Glitch hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grime_music" title="Grime music">Grime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illbient" title="Illbient">Illbient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_music" title="Freestyle music">Freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wonky_(genre)" title="Wonky (genre)">Wonky</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:white">Other</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Funk_carioca" title="Funk carioca">Funk carioca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggaeton" title="Reggaeton">Reggaeton</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_reggaeton" title="Alternative reggaeton">Alternative reggaeton</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; color: white;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Hip-hop_by_country" title="Category:Hip-hop by country"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Regional scenes</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/African_hip-hop" title="African hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">African</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algerian_hip-hop" title="Algerian hip-hop">Algerian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angolan_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Angolan hip-hop">Angolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beninese_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Beninese hip-hop">Beninese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botswana_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Botswana hip-hop">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_hip-hop" title="Gambian hip-hop">Gambian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gh_hip-hop" title="Gh hip-hop">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivorian_hip-hop" title="Ivorian hip-hop">Ivorian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenyan_hip-hop" title="Kenyan hip-hop">Kenyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_hip-hop" title="Malawian hip-hop">Malawian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauritian hip-hop">Mauritian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moroccan_hip-hop" title="Moroccan hip-hop">Moroccan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Namibian hip-hop">Namibian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian hip-hop">Nigerian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Harcourt hip-hop">Port Harcourt</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerien_hip-hop" title="Nigerien hip-hop">Nigerien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_hip-hop" title="Senegalese hip-hop">Senegalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="South African hip-hop">South African</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzanian_hip-hop" title="Tanzanian hip-hop">Tanzanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togolese_hip-hop" title="Togolese hip-hop">Togolese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Zambian hip-hop">Zambian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_hip-hop" title="Zimbabwean hip-hop">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Asian_hip-hop" title="Asian hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Asian</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Armenia#Hip_hop" title="Music of Armenia">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_hip-hop" title="Azerbaijani hip-hop">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_hip-hop" title="Bangladeshi hip-hop">Bangladeshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_hip-hop" title="Burmese hip-hop">Burmese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_hip-hop" title="Chinese hip-hop">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_hip-hop" title="Indian hip-hop">Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Desi_hip-hop" title="Desi hip-hop">Desi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_hip-hop" title="Indonesian hip-hop">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_hip-hop" title="Japanese hip-hop">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_hip-hop" title="Korean hip-hop">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_hip-hop" title="Malaysian hip-hop">Malaysian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_hip-hop" title="Mongolian hip-hop">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_hip-hop" title="Nepalese hip-hop">Nepalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_hip-hop" title="Pakistani hip-hop">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_hip-hop" title="Pinoy hip-hop">Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_hip-hop" title="Singapore hip-hop">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_hip-hop" title="Sri Lankan hip-hop">Sri Lankan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_hip-hop" title="Taiwanese hip-hop">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_hip-hop" title="Thai hip-hop">Thai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/European_hip-hop" title="European hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">European</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_hip-hop" title="Albanian hip-hop">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_hip-hop" title="Austrian hip-hop">Austrian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgian_hip-hop" title="Belgian hip-hop">Belgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnian_and_Herzegovinian_hip-hop" title="Bosnian and Herzegovinian hip-hop">Bosnian and Herzegovinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_rap" title="UK rap">British</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic hip-hop">Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_hip-hop" title="Scottish hip-hop">Scottish</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_hip-hop" title="Bulgarian hip-hop">Bulgarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_hip-hop" title="Croatian hip-hop">Croatian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_hip-hop" title="Czech hip-hop">Czech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_hip-hop" title="Dutch hip-hop">Dutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_hip-hop" title="Finnish hip-hop">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_hip-hop" title="French hip-hop">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_hip-hop" title="German hip-hop">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_hip-hop" title="Greek hip-hop">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_tuga" title="Hip-hop tuga">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_hip-hop" title="Hungarian hip-hop">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icelandic_hip-hop" title="Icelandic hip-hop">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_hip-hop" title="Irish hip-hop">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_hip-hop" title="Italian hip-hop">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_hip-hop" title="Macedonian hip-hop">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Montenegrin hip-hop">Montenegrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwegian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian hip-hop">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_hip-hop" title="Polish hip-hop">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_hip-hop" title="Romanian hip-hop">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_hip-hop" title="Romani hip-hop">Romani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_hip-hop" title="Russian hip-hop">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_hip-hop" title="Serbian hip-hop">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_hip-hop" title="Slovak hip-hop">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenian_hip-hop" title="Slovenian hip-hop">Slovenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish hip-hop">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_hip-hop" title="Swedish hip-hop">Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_hip-hop" title="Swiss hip-hop">Swiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_hip-hop" title="Ukrainian hip-hop">Ukrainian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_hip-hop" title="Middle Eastern hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Middle Eastern</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_hip-hop" title="Arabic hip-hop">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_hip-hop" title="Egyptian hip-hop">Egyptian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_hip-hop" title="Iranian hip-hop">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_hip-hop" title="Israeli hip-hop">Israeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_hip-hop" title="Lebanese hip-hop">Lebanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_hip-hop" title="Palestinian hip-hop">Palestinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian hip-hop">Saudi Arabian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisian_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian hip-hop">Tunisian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_hip-hop" title="Turkish hip-hop">Turkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemeni_hip-hop" title="Yemeni hip-hop">Yemeni</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Category:North_American_hip-hop" title="Category:North American hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">North American</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist inline"><b>United States:</b> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">East Coast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_club" title="Baltimore club">Baltimore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_Jersey#Hip-hop" title="Music of New Jersey">New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_New_York_City#Hip_hop" title="Music of New York City">New York City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Philadelphia#Hip_hop" title="Music of Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Hip-hop in Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States#Music" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_hip-hop" title="Chicago hip-hop">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Detroit#Hip-hop" title="Music of Detroit">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twin_Cities_hip-hop" title="Twin Cities hip-hop">Minneapolis/St. Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_hip-hop" title="Milwaukee hip-hop">Milwaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Omaha#Hip-hop" title="Music of Omaha">Omaha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_hip-hop" title="Southern hip-hop">Southern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_hip-hop" title="Atlanta hip-hop">Atlanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis_rap" title="Memphis rap">Memphis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_bass" title="Miami bass">Miami</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_hip-hop" title="West Coast hip-hop">West Coast</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hip-hop_in_the_Pacific_Northwest" title="Hip-hop in the Pacific Northwest">Northwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alaskan_hip-hop" title="Alaskan hip-hop">Alaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_American_hip-hop" title="Asian American hip-hop">Asian American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_hip-hop" title="Latin hip-hop">Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_hip-hop" title="Native American hip-hop">Native American</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="hlist inline" style="display:block"><b>Outside the US:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_hip-hop" title="Canadian hip-hop">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_hip-hop" title="Cuban hip-hop">Cuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Dominican_Republic#Hip_hop" title="Music of the Dominican Republic">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_hip-hop" title="Haitian hip-hop">Haitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_hip-hop" title="Mexican hip-hop">Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvadoran_hip-hop" title="Salvadoran hip-hop">Salvadoran</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Oceanian_hip-hop" title="Category:Oceanian hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Oceanian</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_hip-hop" title="Australian hip-hop">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_hip-hop" title="New Zealand hip-hop">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoan_hip-hop" title="Samoan hip-hop">Samoan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;;background: darkblue; color: white;"><a href="/wiki/Category:South_American_hip-hop" title="Category:South American hip-hop"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">South American</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_hip-hop" title="Brazilian hip-hop">Brazilian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia_hip-hop" title="Brasília hip-hop">Brasília</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Chile#Hip_hop_and_rap" title="Music of Chile">Chilean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Colombia#Colombian_urban_and_hip-hop_music" title="Music of Colombia">Colombian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: darkblue; 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