Hip-Hop 힙합

A genre centered on rapping and beats

📖 Genre History

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx, New York in the 1970s. DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were pioneers, and Run-DMC and Public Enemy brought it to the mainstream. After the era of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. in the 1990s, it became the world's most popular genre since the 2000s.

✨ Key Characteristics

  • Rapping with rhymes and flow
  • Sample-based beats
  • Social messages and self-expression
  • Four elements: DJ, MC, Graffiti, Breaking

🎤 Notable Artists

Kendrick Lamar

USA · 2004-Present

HUMBLE. DNA. Alright

Drake

Canada · 2006-Present

God's Plan Hotline Bling One Dance

Jay-Z

USA · 1995-Present

Empire State of Mind 99 Problems Run This Town

Eminem

USA · 1996-Present

Lose Yourself The Real Slim Shady Without Me

🎵 Recommended Tracks

1

Lose Yourself

Eminem

2002
2

Juicy

The Notorious B.I.G.

1994
3

HUMBLE.

Kendrick Lamar

2017
4

Sicko Mode

Travis Scott

2018

🎭 Related Subgenres

Trap Gangsta Rap Conscious Hip-Hop Boom Bap Mumble Rap
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