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UK rap

UK rap, also known as British hip-hop or UK hip-hop or British rap, is a music genre and culture that covers a variety of styles of hip-hop made in the United Kingdom. The development of UK rap was shaped by a distinct set of regional influences, slang, and grassroots movements that differentiated it from American hip-hop. It is generally classified as…

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Cultural origins
Early 1980s, United Kingdom
Derivative forms
Trip hop
Other names
British hip-hop · British rap · Brit-hop · UK hip-hop
Stylistic origins
Hip-hop · R&B/hip-hop · garage house · dub

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Road rap

Trap scene

Backlash against commercialisation

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Women

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UK rap

Nodes417
Edges416
Triples177
Avg. degree2
Density0.004796
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UK rap

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related to Development: Late 1980s–early 1990s · 35
UK rap → Another, Asher, British, Building, Bullet, Daddy Freddy, Demon Boyz, Derek, Derek B's, Gun, Hardnoise, He, Hell, Hijack, In, Jamaican, Kold Sweat, Life, Mango Records, MC Duke
related to Backlash against commercialisation · 10
UK rap → Because, Chip, However, Instead, N-Dubz, Since, There, Tinchy Stryder, Tinie Tempah, UK
Other names · 4
UK rap → Brit-hop, British hip-hop, British rap, UK hip-hop
Stylistic origins · 4
UK rap → dub, garage house, Hip-hop, R&B/hip-hop
Cultural origins · 1
UK rap → Early 1980s, United Kingdom
Derivative forms · 1
UK rap → Trip hop

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hip-hop uk british rap music artists also grime album new scene early released success underground label london genre records first

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UK rapCultural originsEarly 1980s, United Kingdom1.00infobox
UK rapDerivative formsTrip hop1.00infobox
UK rapOther namesBritish hip-hop1.00infobox
UK rapOther namesBritish rap1.00infobox
UK rapOther namesBrit-hop1.00infobox
UK rapOther namesUK hip-hop1.00infobox
UK rapStylistic originsHip-hop1.00infobox
UK rapStylistic originsR&B/hip-hop1.00infobox
UK rapStylistic originsgarage house1.00infobox
UK rapStylistic originsdub1.00infobox
Derek Binstance ofOutside of a few exceptions0.80text
later the birth of trip-hopinstance ofOutside of a few exceptions0.80text

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