Hip Hop

Hip hop is a broad category of urban music that generally features rap singing, sampled beats, and sometimes other elements such as turntables and beatboxing. Hip hop and rap first caught on in the USSR just before it fell in the early 1990s. By the 2000s, the genre was well established and developing in multiple directions, from underground gangsta to commercially-produced pop hip hop. Today, many of Eurasia’s rap and hip and hop icons are considered cutting-edge globally. The genre is heavily influenced by strong local poetic and bardic traditions as well as generally influenced by Caribbean music, which has been popular in Russia since the before the fall of the USSR.

Languages: Search for hip hop or rap music performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, or Belarusian, or in Baltic, Turkic, or Other languages.

Tanok na Maidani Kongo / Танок на майдані Конґо

Tanok na Maidani Kongo  (Танок на майдані Конґо, better known as TNMK; translates to “dance at the Congo Square”) is the most successful Ukrainian hip-hop group ever. They are known for mixing elements of rock, funk, and jazz into their sound, and for playing real instruments rather than using samples during their live shows. They have […]

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