List of hip-hop genres - Wikipedia
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List of genres of subgenres, micro, and umbrella terms of rap music.
Historical time periods
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- Alternative hip hop
- Boom bap
- Bounce
- British hip hop
- Chopped and screwed
- Chopper
- Christian hip hop
- Cloud rap
- Comedy hip hop
- Crunk
- East Coast hip hop
- Freestyle rap
- Funk carioca
- Frat rap
- G-funk
- Hardcore hip hop
- Hyphy
- Instrumental hip hop
- Latin hip hop
- Lofi hip hop
- Miami bass
- Mumble rap
- Nerdcore
- Political hip hop
- Progressive rap
- Religious hip hop
- Slab music
- Snap music
- Southern hip hop
- Trap music
- Turntablism
- Underground hip hop
- West Coast hip hop
United States regional scenes
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American hip hop regional scenes and hip hop related genres that came from them.
Ethnic fusion genres
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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