Hip hop music can be subdivided into subgenres, fusions with other genres and regional hip hop scenes.

Contents 1 Subgenres 2 Descendant genres 2.1 Fusion genres 3 Regional scenes 3.1 United States 4 See also

Subgenres

• Alternative hip hop
  • Abstract hip hop
  • Nerdcore hip hop
• Christian hip hop
• Conscious hip hop
  • Political hip hop
• Electro
• The golden age of hip hop
• Hardcore hip hop
  • Gangsta rap
    • G-funk - originally from Los Angeles
    • Rap dogba - originally from Côte d'Ivoire
  • Horrorcore and Acid rap
  • Hyphy - originally from the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Mobb Music - originally from the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Dirty South - originally from the Southern United States
    • Chopped and screwed - originally from Houston, Texas
    • Crunk - originally from the Southern United States
    • Memphis rap
    • Snap music
• Instrumental hip hop
  • Turntablism
• Islamic hip hop
• Low Bap - originally from Greece
• New school hip hop
• Old school hip hop

Descendant genres

These are genres based in part on hip hop. They may be performed anywhere, not only in their respective places of origin.

• Grime - from London
• Trip hop (or Bristol sound) - from Bristol

Fusion genres

These are combinations of hip hop with other genres.

• Baltimore Club - from Baltimore, Maryland
  • Bamabounce - from Alabama
• Country-rap
• Cumbia rap - from Colombia
• Electro hop
• Freestyle music
• Ghetto house - from Chicago, Illinois
• Ghettotech - from Detroit, Michigan
• Hip hop soul - R&B and East Coast hip hop or gangsta rap
• Hip house - from New York
• Hip life - hip hop and highlife from Ghana
• Jazz rap
• Kwaito - South African house/hip hop fusion
• Merenrap - from the Dominican Republic
• Miami bass - from Miami, Florida
  • Brazilian funk
• Neo soul - R&B, 1970s soul, and hip hop
• New jack swing - 1980s R&B and hip hop
• Pop-rap
• Ragga - from Jamaica
• Rapcore (or rap rock or rap metal)
  • Nu metal
• Reggaeton - from the Caribbean, mostly Puerto Rico
• Songo-salsa
• Timba - from Cuba
• UKG: UK Garage and Two-step - from the United Kingdom
• Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand

United States

Some American hip hop scenes are listed below.

• Chicano rap
• East Coast hip hop
• Midwest rap
  • Chicago hip hop
• Native American hip hop
• Southern rap
• West Coast hip hop

Hip hop/Rap

Beatboxing - DJing (Turntablism) - Fashion -History (Roots - Old school - Golden age - Modern) - Production - Rapping

Genres

African - American (East - West - South)

Abstract - Alternative - Chopped & Screwed - Christian - Country-rap - Crunk - Electro - Freestyle music - Gangsta - G-funk - Ghettotech - Golden age - Hardcore - Hip hop soul - Hip house - Horrorcore - Hyphy - Instrumental - Jazz rap - Latin rap - Mafioso - Miami bass - Mobb - Neo soul - Nerdcore - New jack swing - Old school - Political hip hop - Pop rap - Rapcore - Ragga - Reggaeton - Snap music - Urban Pasifika

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