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

Historical time periods

Derived styles

United States regional scenes

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

Eastern

East Coast hip hop
Boom bap - Originally from New York City
Mafioso rap - Originally from New York City
Hardcore hip hop - Originally from New York City
Jersey club from Newark, New Jersey
Gangsta rap - Originally from Philadelphia
Philadelphia party music/club
Tread rap - ^{[Note 6]}
Baltimore club Originally from Baltimore, Maryland
Go-go Originally from Washington, D.C.
List of hip hop musicians from New York City
New Jersey hip hop
Philadelphia hip hop
Hip hop in Washington, D.C.
Virginia hip hop

Midwest

Midwest hip hop
- Chicago hip hop
  - Ghetto house - from Chicago, Illinois
  - Drill music - originated from the South Side of Chicago
- Detroit hip hop
  - Ghettotech
- St. Louis hip hop
- Twin Cities hip hop
- Horrorcore
- Chopper (rap)

Southern

Southern hip hop
Dirty South - originally from Southern United States
- Atlanta hip hop
  - Snap music
  - Trap music
- Bounce music - originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
- Jigga music - originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Crunk - originally from Memphis, Tennessee
- Houston Hip Hop
  - List of Houston rappers
  - Chopped and screwed
  - Slab Music
- Miami bass - from Miami, Florida

Western

West Coast hip hop
- California
  - Chicano rap - originally from East Los Angeles
  - G-funk - originally from Los Angeles, California
  - Mobb music & Hyphy - originally from the San Francisco Bay Area
  - Jerkin' - originally from Los Angeles
  - Ratchet - originally from Los Angeles
  - West Coast Trap - originally from Long Beach, California
  - Electro Hop - originally from Los Angeles
  - Central Valley Hip Hop - Originated in California's Central Valley from the cities of Bakersfield, Fresno, Sacramento, Hanford, Merced, Modesto, Visalia, and more.
    - Syco Muzik - Originally from Bakersfield, California
    - 8 0 5 Star Music - Originally from Bakersfield/Kern County
    - Bass Rap - Originated in Bakersfield California
- Northwest hip hop - originally from Oregon or Washington
Native American hip hop

Hawaii

Na mele paleoleo originated by Sudden Rush

World scenes

Africa

African hip hop

Asia

Asian hip hop

Europe

European hip hop

Middle East

Middle Eastern hip hop

North America

North American hip hop

Oceania

Oceanian hip hop
- Australian hip hop
- New Zealand hip hop

South America

South American hip hop

World genres influenced by hip hop

Afroswing - From London
Bongo Flava - Originally from Tanzania
Cumbia rap - from Colombia
Funk carioca - from Brazil
Grime - from London, though more connected to rave culture
Hiplife - hip hop and highlife from Ghana
Igbo rap - from Southeast Nigeria
Kwaito - South African house/hip hop fusion
Low Bap - originally from Greece
Merenrap - from the Dominican Republic
Motswako - from Botswana and South Africa
Reggae Español/Spanish Reggae - from Panama
Reggaeton - from the Caribbean, mostly Puerto Rico
Songo-salsa
Sotho hop from Lesotho
Trip hop (or Bristol sound) - from Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand
trap sha’abi - from Egypt

See also

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Genres of hip hop that are connected with rave culture
^ Combination of hip hop with stylistic elements from the Chappist or steampunk subcultures and stereotypical English obsessions such as cricket, tea and the weather
^ ^a ^b Mix of Electronicore and hip hop
^ subgenre of contemporary R&B and mix of hip hop and soul
^ ^a ^b Mix of hip hop and traditional Caribbean or Polynesian genres
^ ^a ^b subgenre within trap and hip-hop which was popularized and flag-shipped by Philadelphia production group Working On Dying

Culture

History

General	Alternative Hipster hop Boom bap Bounce British Road rap Chipmunk soul Chopped and screwed Chopper Cloud rap Comedy Crunk Crunkcore East Coast Freestyle rap Hyphy Jerkin' Instrumental Latin Chicano rap Lofi Miami bass Mumble rap Nerdcore Chap hop Political Conscious Progressive rap Religious Christian Jewish Snap music Southern Turntablism Underground
Hardcore	Dirty rap Gangsta rap Mafioso rap G-funk Horrorcore Memphis rap
Trap music	Afro trap Drill Brooklyn drill Jersey drill Sample drill UK drill Latin trap Phonk Plugg Rage Tread UK trap

General	Country rap Electro Emo rap Hip hop soul Hip house Industrial Jazz rap New jack swing Pop rap Psychedelic rap Punk rap Ragga Rap opera Rap rock Trip hop
Rap metal	Trap metal Nu metal
Regional	Afroswing Bongo flava Boomba music Cumbia rap Genge Hip hop galsen Hipco Hiplife Igbo rap Kwaito Low bap Motswako Na mele paleoleo Nuyorican rap Romany hip hop Songo-salsa Stronda Urban Pasifika Vigilante rap Zenji flava

Electronic	Breakbeat Baltimore club Florida breaks Ghetto house Ghettotech Glitch hop Grime Illbient Freestyle Wonky
Other	Funk carioca Reggaeton Alternative reggaeton

Regional scenes

African	Algerian Angolan Beninese Botswana Gambian Ghanaian Ivorian Kenyan Malawian Mauritian Moroccan Namibian Nigerian Port Harcourt Nigerien Senegalese South African Tanzanian Togolese Zambian Zimbabwean
Asian	Armenian Azerbaijani Bangladeshi Burmese Chinese Indian Desi Indonesian Japanese Korean Malaysian Mongolian Nepalese Pakistani Philippine Singapore Sri Lankan Taiwanese Thai
European	Albanian Austrian Belgian Bosnian and Herzegovinian British Celtic Scottish Bulgarian Croatian Czech Dutch Finnish French German Greek Portuguese Hungarian Icelandic Irish Italian Macedonian Montenegrin Norwegian Polish Romanian Romany Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Ukrainian
Middle Eastern	Arabic Egyptian Iranian Israeli Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Arabian Tunisian Turkish Yemeni
North American	United States: East Coast Baltimore New Jersey New York City Philadelphia Washington, D.C. Midwestern Chicago Detroit Minneapolis/St. Paul Omaha Southern Atlanta Memphis Miami West Coast Northwest Alaska Asian American Latin Native American Outside the US: Canadian Cuban Dominican Haitian Mexican Salvadoran
Oceanian	Australian New Zealand
South American	Brazilian Brasília Chilean Colombian

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