Turntable, synthesizer, vocals, drum machine, sampler, guitar, piano
Mainstream popularity
High worldwide since the late 1980s
Derivative forms
Electro - Trip hop - Breakbeat - Jungle/Drum'n'bass - Crunk
Subgenres
Alternative hip hop - Turntablism - Acid rap - Christian hip hop - Comedy hip hop - Conscious hip hop - Freestyle rap - Gangsta rap - Hardcore hip hop - Horrorcore - Instrumental hip hop - Mafioso rap - Nerdcore hip hop - Pop-rap - Political hip hop - Baltimore club - Brick city club - Chicano rap - Mobb music - Native American hip hop
Fusion genres
Country-rap - G-funk - Ghetto house - Ghettotech - Hip hop soul - Hip house - Hyphy - Jazz rap - Merenhouse - Neo soul - Ragga - Rap opera - Rap rock - Rapcore - Rap metal - Cumbia rap - Merenrap - Hip life - Low Bap - Glitch hop - Wonky - Industrial hip hop
Regional scenes
East Coast hip hop - West Coast hip hop - Southern hip hop - Midwest hip hop