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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Motswako</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic 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" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop">Hip hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Mid 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Mafikeng" title="Mafikeng">Mafikeng</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Typical instruments</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/Rapping" title="Rapping">Rapping</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Turntablism" title="Turntablism">turntablism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Spoken_word_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Spoken word poetry">spoken word poetry</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/African_hip_hop" class="mw-redirect" title="African hip hop">African hip hop</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kwaito" title="Kwaito">kwaito</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Motswako</b> is a subgenre of hip hop originating from South Africa additionally prominently popularized in <a href="/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a>. Mafikeng, the genre's origin point, is located close to the <a href="/wiki/Border" title="Border">border</a> of Botswana, where <a href="/wiki/Setswana" class="mw-redirect" title="Setswana">Setswana</a> (Tswana) is predominantly spoken similar to Mafikeng. Motswako blends rap lyrics in local languages like Setswana with English over a steady beat. It also incorporates languages such as <a href="/wiki/Sesotho" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesotho">Sesotho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> depending on the artist's background. Popularized by South African acts like <a href="/wiki/Hip_Hop_Pantsula" title="Hip Hop Pantsula">HHP</a> and Baphixile (comprising "Prof" and "Blax Myth") in the late nineties, it gained a significant following among local audiences. Many emerging artists in South Africa use motswako as a foundation for their music careers due to its accessible principles, emphasizing creative writing skills crucial for mastering the genre. South Africa and Botswana have a substantial pool of motswako artists, although female representation remains limited.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeus_TeachAIDS_Recording_Session_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="In a recording session motswako rapper Zeus, pictured in 2010." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Zeus_TeachAIDS_Recording_Session_2010.jpg/220px-Zeus_TeachAIDS_Recording_Session_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" 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laid-back rap delivery, a consistent beat, occasionally employing a <a href="/wiki/Four_on_the_floor_(music)" title="Four on the floor (music)">four-on-the-floor</a> rhythm and incorporating reggae-influenced Afro-centric or drum and bass beats. Minimalistic electronic elements serve to maintain a backdrop for the rap vocals to take center stage. In its early stages, motswako utilized rap lyrics primarily in Setswana alongside American <a href="/wiki/Vernacular" title="Vernacular">vernacular</a>. Additionally, other South African languages such as Zulu, <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a> and Afrikaans were incorporated. Lyrical themes range from spoken word poetry performed without accompaniment to localized <a href="/wiki/Socio-political" class="mw-redirect" title="Socio-political">socio-political</a> or <a href="/wiki/Economic" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic">economic</a> commentary, <a href="/wiki/Drug_culture" title="Drug culture">drug culture</a>, unity, pride in local culture, romance, <a href="/wiki/Objectification_of_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Objectification of women">objectification of women</a>, pursuit of wealth, aspirations and celebration.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><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=Motswako&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="Early_years_-_1990s">Early years - 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motswako&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years - 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Setswana-based hip hop traces its origins back to the early 1990s. Stoan Seate was at the forefront of developing the musical style. Beginning with <a href="/wiki/Thandiswa_Mazwai" title="Thandiswa Mazwai">Thandiswa Mazwai</a>, Jah Seed and Speedy in <a href="/wiki/Bongo_Maffin" title="Bongo Maffin">Bongo Maffin</a>, Stoan introduced an African hip hop perspective to the ensemble's sound. Stoan additionally incorporated a combination of traditional Tswana dance with <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_dance" title="Contemporary dance">contemporary dance</a> moves, mirroring his blend of Tswana with <a href="/wiki/Poetry" title="Poetry">poetry</a> and rap.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hip_Hop_Pantsula.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Multi-platinum, rapper HHP" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Hip_Hop_Pantsula.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="252" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="252" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Multi-platinum" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-platinum">Multi-platinum</a> rapper HHP</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Hip_Hop_Pantsula" title="Hip Hop Pantsula">Hip Hop Pantsula</a> (HHP), preferring the moniker Jabba, began his journey during his teenage years as a member of the Verbal Assassins, he fashioned himself after <a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G." title="The Notorious B.I.G.">Notorious B.I.G.</a>, resonating with both Notorious B.I.G.'s stature and allure. Following HHP's introduction to <a href="/wiki/Sello_Chicco_Twala" title="Sello Chicco Twala">Chicco</a> in the late 1990s, Verbal Assasins released the album <i>Party</i>, which had a lukewarm reception but paved the way for the rise of HHP. Chicco told Kwanele Sosibo of <a href="/wiki/Mail_%26_Guardian" title="Mail & Guardian">Mail & Guardian</a> following HHP's passing in 2018, "My advice was that the best thing to do is to rap in Setswana because there were very few artists back then doing it, he took my advice and then things started happening for him."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cashless_Society_(band)" title="Cashless Society (band)">Cashless Society</a>, a commercially successful motswako group, emerged in 1996 with members from <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gaborone" title="Gaborone">Gaborone</a>. The ensemble was distinctive for rapping in American vernacular rather than Setswana.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s_-_present_day">2000s - present day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Motswako&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s - present day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Cassper Nyovest pictured performing in 2014." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg/276px-Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="276" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg/414px-Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg/552px-Cassper_Nyovest_Back_to_the_City_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Cassper Nyovest pictured performing in 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chioma_Umeala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Khuli Chana, on a music video, set.alongside actress Chioma Umeala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chioma_Umeala.jpg/220px-Chioma_Umeala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chioma_Umeala.jpg/330px-Chioma_Umeala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Chioma_Umeala.jpg/440px-Chioma_Umeala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Khuli Chana on a <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a>, <a href="/wiki/Set_construction" title="Set construction">set</a> alongside actress Chioma Umeala. </figcaption></figure> <p>Since the 2000s, South Africa has witnessed the rise of several notable acts, including <a href="/wiki/Tuks_Senganga" title="Tuks Senganga">Tuks Senganga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cassper_Nyovest" title="Cassper Nyovest">Cassper Nyovest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spoek_Mathambo" title="Spoek Mathambo">Spoek Mathambo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khuli_Chana" title="Khuli Chana">Khuli Chana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mo%27Molemi" title="Mo'Molemi">Mo'Molemi</a>. More recent additions to the motswako rap scene include <a href="/wiki/Zeus_(musician)" title="Zeus (musician)">Zeus</a>, DJ Rade, Dramaboi, Apollo Diablo and Stagga, who hails from <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> and has Tswana and <a href="/wiki/Jamaican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamaican people">Jamaican</a> heritage. Moreover in the 2000s, there was a surge in female motswako artists such as Punah, who blends motswako with <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> elements. <a href="/wiki/Fifi_Cooper" title="Fifi Cooper">Fifi Cooper</a>, initially an <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a> singer, transitioned into one of the most prominent female motswako rappers of her era.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <a href="/wiki/TV_presenter" class="mw-redirect" title="TV presenter">TV presenter</a> turned rapper <a href="/wiki/Boity_Thulo" title="Boity Thulo">Boity Thulo</a> commonly recognized as Boity, released single, "<i>Bakae</i>". Boity described the song as "motswako trap".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </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=Motswako&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IFani" title="IFani">iFani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maglera_Doe_Boy" title="Maglera Doe Boy">Maglera Doe Boy</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 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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 href="/wiki/East_Coast_hip-hop" title="East Coast hip-hop">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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> 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