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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 ...
Trap music. Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music pioneered by Atlanta rappers T.I., Jeezy, and Gucci Mane, which originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999. [1] [3] The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang term "trap house", a house used ...
History 1998–2008: Formation, The Herd, Urthboy, Horrorshow. Elefant Traks was started in 1998 by Kenny Sabir (); Under Sabir's management, the label's first official compilation album, Cursive Writing, was released, and Sabir briefly explained the process in 2011: "For the first compilation, some of the people on there I had never actually even met at the time of release.
hieroglyphics .com. Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, is an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. It was founded in the early 1990s by rapper Del the Funky Homosapien. The collective is currently composed of rappers Del the Funky Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, producer/manager Domino ...
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.
Hip hop culture is characterized by the key elements of rapping [b], DJing and turntablism, and breakdancing; [9] [10] other elements include graffiti, beatboxing, street entrepreneurship, hip hop language, and hip hop fashion. [11] [12] From hip hop culture emerged a new genre of popular music, hip hop music .
People Under the Stairs was an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2019. Since their inception, the group consisted solely of Christopher Portugal ( Thes One) and Michael Turner ( Double K ). The group employed a DIY work ethic of sampling, MCing, DJing, and producing all of their output.
Malawian hip hop. Hip-hop culture in Malawi is relatively young. The genre is a marriage between local and western sounds. Prior to 1994, Malawi was living under a single party regime where censorship of media was heavily employed. Upon gaining freedom in 1994 the country began getting exposed to more western media and hip-hop which was gaining ...