List of hip-hop genres

List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.

Historical time periods

Roots of hip-hop
Old-school hip-hop
New-school hip-hop
Golden age hip-hop

Subgenres

Alternative hip-hop
Experimental hip-hop
Hipster hop
Boom bap
Bounce
British hip-hop
Road rap
Chopped and screwed
Chopper
Christian hip-hop
Cloud rap
Comedy hip-hop
Crunk
Crunkcore
Digicore
Drill music
Brooklyn drill
UK drill
East Coast hip-hop
Freestyle rap
Funk carioca
Funk ostentação
Frat rap
G-funk
Hardcore hip-hop
Dirty rap
Gangsta rap
Mafioso rap
Horrorcore
Memphis rap
Hyphy
Jerkin'
Internet rap
Jerk
Jewish hip-hop
Instrumental hip-hop
Latin hip-hop
Chicano rap
Lofi hip-hop
Miami bass
Mumble rap
Nerdcore
Chap hop
Political hip-hop
Conscious hip-hop
Progressive rap
Slab music
Snap music
Southern hip-hop
Sigilkore
Krushclub
Trap music
Latin trap
Phonk
Plugg
Pluggnb
Rage
Tread rap
Turntablism
Underground hip-hop
West Coast hip-hop<noinclude>

Fusion genres

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Country rap
Electro
Emo rap
Hip-hop soul
Neo soul
Hip house
Hipdut
Industrial hip-hop
Jazz rap
New jack swing
Pop rap
Psychedelic rap
Punk rap
Ragga hip-hop
Rap opera
Rap rock
Rap metal
Trap metal
Rapcore
Trip hop

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Derived genres

Electronic

Breakbeat
Baltimore club
Florida breaks
Footwork
Ghetto house
Ghettotech
Glitch hop
Grime
Illbient
Latin freestyle
Wonky

Rock

Nu metal

World

Funk carioca
Reggaeton
Alternative reggaeton
Mahraganat

United States regional scenes

American hip-hop regional scenes and hip-hop related genres that came from them.

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
Trap - from Atlanta
Snap - from Atlanta
Plugg - from Atlanta
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

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
Northwest hip-hop - from Oregon and Washington

Hawaii

Na mele paleoleo - from Hilo, Hawaii

By descent

Asian American hip-hop
Latino hip-hop
Native American hip-hop
Romani hip-hop
Chicano rap

World scenes

Africa

African hip-hop
Algerian hip-hop
Angolan hip-hop
Beninese hip-hop
Botswana hip-hop
Cape Verdean hip-hop
Egyptian hip-hop
Gambian hip-hop
Gh hip-hop (Ghanaian hip-hop)
Guinean hip-hop
Ivorian hip-hop
Kenyan hip-hop
Mauritian hip-hop
Moroccan hip-hop
Mozambican hip-hop
Namibian hip-hop
Nigerian hip-hop
Port Harcourt 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
Desi hip-hop
Indonesian hip-hop
Hipdut
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
Celtic hip-hop
Scottish hip-hop
Welsh hip-hop
Bulgarian hip-hop
Croatian hip-hop
Czech hip-hop
Dutch hip-hop
Finnish hip-hop
French hip-hop
German hip-hop
Zeckenrap
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

Middle Eastern hip-hop
Arabic hip-hop
Iranian hip-hop (Persian hip-hop)
Israeli hip-hop
Lebanese hip-hop
Palestinian hip-hop
Saudi Arabian hip-hop
Tunisian hip-hop
Turkish hip-hop
Yemeni hip-hop

North America

Canadian hip-hop
Toronto sound (hip-hop)
Cuban hip-hop
Dominican hip-hop
Haitian hip-hop
Mexican hip-hop
Salvadoran hip-hop

Oceania

Australian hip-hop
New Zealand hip-hop
Samoan hip-hop

South America

Latin hip-hop
South American hip-hop
Brazilian hip-hop
Brasília hip-hop
Colombian hip-hop
Chilean 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