List of hip-hop genres
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List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.
Historical time periods
Subgenres
- Alternative hip-hop
- Boom bap
- Bounce
- British hip-hop
- Chopped and screwed
- Chopper
- Christian hip-hop
- Cloud rap
- Comedy hip-hop
- Crunk
- Digicore
- Drill music
- East Coast hip-hop
- Freestyle rap
- Funk carioca
- Frat rap
- G-funk
- Hardcore hip-hop
- Hyphy
- Jerk
- Instrumental hip-hop
- Latin hip-hop
- Lofi hip-hop
- Miami bass
- Mumble rap
- Nerdcore
- Political hip-hop
- Progressive rap
- Religious hip-hop
- Slab music
- Snap music
- Southern hip-hop
- Sigilkore
- Trap music
- Turntablism
- Underground hip-hop
- West Coast hip-hop
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Fusion genres
- Country rap
- Electro
- Emo rap
- Hip-hop soul
- Hip house
- Industrial hip-hop
- Jazz rap
- New jack swing
- Pop rap
- Psychedelic rap
- Punk rap
- Ragga hip-hop
- Rap opera
- Rap rock
- Trip hop
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Derived genres
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World
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United States regional scenes
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Northeastern
- East Coast hip-hop
- New Jersey hip-hop
- New York City hip-hop
- Boom bap - from New York City
- Hardcore hip-hop - from New York City
- Mafioso rap - from New York City
- Philadelphia hip-hop
- Washington, D.C.
- Baltimore club - from Baltimore, Maryland
Midwestern
- Midwest hip-hop
- Chopper - from Kansas City, Cleveland, Chicago
- Drill - from the South Side of Chicago
- Detroit hip-hop
- Minneapolis hip-hop
- Omaha hip-hop
- Horrorcore
- Scam rap
Southern
- Southern hip-hop (Dirty south)
- Florida
- Miami bass - from Miami
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Bounce - from New Orleans
- Jigga music - from Baton Rouge
- Tennessee
- Crunk - from Memphis
- Memphis rap - from Memphis
- Phonk - from Memphis
- Texas
- Country rap
- Chopped and screwed form Houston
- Slab music
- Florida
Western
- West Coast hip-hop
- California
- Gangsta rap - from Los Angeles
- Chicano rap - from East Los Angeles
- Electro hop - from Los Angeles
- G-funk - from Pomona, California
- Mobb music and hyphy - from the San Francisco Bay Area
- Jerkin' - from Los Angeles
- Ratchet - from Los Angeles
- West Coast trap - from Long Beach, California
- California
- Northwest hip-hop - from Oregon and Washington
Hawaii
- Na mele paleoleo - from Hilo, Hawaii
By descent
World scenes
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Africa
- African hip-hop
- Algerian hip-hop
- Angolan hip-hop
- Beninese hip-hop
- Botswana hip-hop
- Egyptian hip-hop
- Gambian hip-hop
- Gh hiphop (Ghanaian hip-hop)
- Ivorian hip-hop
- Kenyan hip-hop
- Mauritian hip-hop
- Moroccan hip-hop
- Namibian hip-hop
- Nigerian hip-hop
- Nigerien hip-hop
- Senegalese hip-hop
- South African hip-hop
- Tanzanian hip-hop
- Togolese hip-hop
- Zambian hip-hop
- Zimbabwean hip-hop
Asia
- Asian hip-hop
- Mongolian hip-hop
- Azerbaijani hip-hop
- Bangladeshi hip-hop
- Burmese hip-hop
- Chinese hip-hop
- Hong Kong hip-hop
- Indian hip-hop
- Indonesian hip-hop
- Japanese hip-hop
- Korean hip-hop
- Malaysian hip-hop
- Nepalese hip-hop
- Pakistani hip-hop
- Pinoy hip-hop (Philippine hip-hop)
- Singapore hip-hop
- Sri Lankan hip-hop
- Taiwanese hip-hop
- Thai hip-hop
Europe
- European hip-hop
- Albanian hip-hop
- Austrian hip-hop
- Belgian hip-hop
- Bosnian and Herzegovinian hip-hop
- British hip-hop
- Bulgarian hip-hop
- Croatian hip-hop
- Czech hip-hop
- Dutch hip-hop
- Finnish hip-hop
- French hip-hop
- German hip-hop
- Greek hip-hop
- Hip-hop tuga (Portuguese hip-hop)
- Hungarian hip-hop
- Icelandic hip-hop
- Irish hip-hop
- Italian hip-hop
- Macedonian hip-hop
- Montenegrin hip-hop
- Norwegian hip-hop
- Polish hip-hop
- Romanian hip-hop
- Romany hip-hop
- Russian hip-hop
- Serbian hip-hop
- Slovak hip-hop
- Slovenian hip-hop
- Spanish hip-hop
- Swedish hip-hop
- Swiss hip-hop
- Ukrainian hip-hop
Middle East
North America
Oceania
South America
- Latin hip-hop
- South American hip-hop
Ethnic fusion genres
African
- Bongo Flava - from Tanzania
- Boomba music - from Kenya
- Genge - from Kenya
- Hip-hop galsen - from Senegal
- Hipco - from Liberia
- Hiplife - hip-hop and highlife from Ghana
- Igbo rap - from Southeast Nigeria
- Kwaito - South African house/hip-hop fusion
- Motswako - from Botswana and South Africa
- Zenji flava - from Tanzania
European
- Afroswing - from London
- Gyp-hop - from Romania
- Low bap - from Greece
- Romany hip-hop - by Romani people of Europe
- Songo-salsa - from Spain
North American
- Merenhouse - by Dominican residents of New York City
- Na mele paleoleo - from Hawaii
- Nuyorican rap - by Puerto Ricans of New York City
South American
- Cumbia rap - from Colombia
- Stronda - from Rio de Janeiro
- Vigilante rap - from Brazil
Oceanian
- Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand
See also
- Hip-hop culture
- List of hip-hop festivals
- List of hip-hop musicians
- List of electronic music genres
- List of hip-hop record labels
- Rapping
- List of subcultures
- Classic hip-hop