List of hip-hop genres

Historical time periods

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

Subgenres

Derived genres

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

• Nu metal

• Funk carioca
• Reggaeton
• * Alternative reggaeton
• Mahraganat

United States regional scenes

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
• * 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
• * 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
• * 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
• * 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
• * 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

• 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

• Afroswing - from London
• Gyp-hop - from Romania
• Low bap - from Greece
• Romany hip-hop - by Romani people of Europe
• Songo-salsa - from Spain

• Merenhouse - by Dominican residents of New York City
• Na mele paleoleo - from Hawaii
• Nuyorican rap - by Puerto Ricans of New York City

• Cumbia rap - from Colombia
• Stronda - from Rio de Janeiro
• Vigilante rap - from Brazil

• Urban Pasifika - from New Zealand