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List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.

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

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

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

• Hip hop culture
• List of hip hop festivals
• List of hip hop musicians
• List of electronic music genres
• List of hip hop record labels
• Rapping
• List of subcultures