Noun: hip-hop 'hip,hóp
- Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
"The rapper's clever wordplay and hard-hitting beats made his hip-hop music popular among young listeners";
- rap, rap music
- An urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city
"Hip-hop culture has influenced fashion and music worldwide"
Derived forms: hip-hops
Type of: African-American music, black music, popular music, popular music genre, youth culture
Encyclopedia: Hip-hop