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
 * 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'
 * 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
 * Religious hip hop
 * Christian hip hop
 * Jewish hip hop
 * Snap music
 * Southern hip hop
 * Trap music
 * Drill music
 * Brooklyn drill
 * UK drill
 * Latin trap
 * Phonk
 * Plugg
 * Rage
 * Tread rap
 * Turntablism
 * Underground hip hop
 * West Coast hip hop

Fusion genres

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

Derived genres
Electronic Rock World
 * 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
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
 * Tread rap - from Philadelphia
 * 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)
 * Atlanta hip hop
 * Snap
 * Trap
 * Houston hip hop
 * Chopped and screwed
 * Louisiana
 * Bounce - from New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Jigga music - from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 * Tennessee
 * Crunk - from Memphis, Tennessee
 * Memphis rap - from Memphis, Tennessee
 * Slab music
 * Miami bass - from Miami, Florida

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

Africa

 * African hip hop
 * Algerian hip hop
 * Angolan hip hop
 * Beninese hip hop
 * Botswana hip hop
 * Egyptian hip hop
 * Gambian hip hop
 * Gh hiphop (Ghanaian hip hop)
 * Ivorian hip hop
 * Kenyan hip hop
 * Mauritian hip hop
 * Moroccan 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
 * 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
 * Bulgarian hip hop
 * Croatian hip hop
 * Czech hip hop
 * Dutch hip hop
 * Finnish hip hop
 * French hip hop
 * German hip hop
 * 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
 * Cuban hip hop
 * Dominican hip hop
 * Haitian hip hop
 * Mexican hip hop
 * Salvadoran hip hop

Oceania

 * Australian hip hop
 * New Zealand 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