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Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times, 1992 Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city American black youths. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word gangster. The genre was pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, and was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. In 1985 Schoolly D released "P ...
DJ Grandmaster Flash in 1999 Hip hop or hip-hop is a culture and art movement that was created by African Americans, starting in the Bronx, New York City. [a] Pioneered from Black American street culture, that had been around for years prior to its more mainstream discovery, it later reached other groups such as Latino Americans and Caribbean Americans. Hip-hop culture has historically been ...
This page indexes the individual year in hip hop music pages. 1970s. 1979 in hip hop music; 1980s. 1980 in hip hop music; 1981 in hip hop music; 1982 in hip hop music
Southern hip hop (Dirty south) . Atlanta hip hop. Snap; Trap; Houston hip hop. Chopped and screwed; Louisiana Bounce - from New Orleans, Louisiana; Jigga music - from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Drake won Hip-Hop Artist of the Year. Ice Spice won Best New Hip-Hop Artist. Lil Durk and J. Cole won Hip-Hop Song of the Year for "All My Life". Young Miko won Best New Latin Artist. Metro Boomin won Hip Hop Album of the Year for Heroes & Villains. [32] On April 3, Rod Wave was arrested in Manatee, Florida for illegal possession of a firearm. [33]
The term golden age hip hop frames the late 1980s in mainstream hip hop, [20] said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence, [21] and associated with Public Enemy, KRS-One and his Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, [22] [23] De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers [24 ...
This is a list of notable hip hop musicians. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This category covers articles on the subject of hip hop, which is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans. Hip hop's four main elements are Mc'ing (often called rapping), DJing, graffiti writing, and breakdancing.