Desi hip hop is a term for music and culture which combines the influences of hip hop and the Indian subcontinent; the term desi
referring to the South Asian diaspora. The term has also come to be
used as an alternative for rap music and even pop music which involves
rappers of South Asian origins. Creation of the term "desi hip hop" is
credited to Bohemia.[1]
Following the launch of Bohemia's second album Pesa Nasha Pyar
(2006), whose tracks such as "Kali Denali", "Kurti" and "Sahara" became
big hits, there was a new-found interest in desi languages during the
late 2000s.[2][3]
Even though there were several occasional hits during this period, the
desi hip hop scene remained limited largely to the underground, with a
very niche loyal audience.[4] Hip-hop culture, including graffiti and b-boying started seeping into the club scene and street culture of big cities like Delhi and Mumbai.[5]
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Hip hop (disambiguation).
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop[3][4] or rap music,[4][5][6] is a music genre developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s which consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.[4] It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing.[7][8][9] Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records (or synthesized beats and sounds), and rhythmic beatboxing. While often used to refer solely to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture.[10][11] The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music,[4][12] though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing, turntablism, scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.
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