alternative hip-hop

subgenre of hip-hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream
Intangible music_genre Q438503
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alternative hip-hop

Summary

alternative hip-hop is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • alternative hip-hop's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • alternative hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as hip-hop[4].
  • alternative hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as rapping[5].
  • alternative hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as alternative music[6].
  • alternative hip-hop's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • +1988-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of alternative hip-hop[8].
  • alternative hip-hop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012yc[9].
  • alternative hip-hop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternative hip-hop[10].
  • alternative hip-hop's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01696705n[11].
  • alternative hip-hop's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alternative-Hip-Hop[12].
  • alternative hip-hop's subreddit is recorded as altrap[13].
  • alternative hip-hop's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 924943cd-73c8-45c0-96eb-74f2a15e5d6e[14].
  • alternative hip-hop's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000012203[15].
  • alternative hip-hop's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as alternativehiphop[16].
  • alternative hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1068[17].
  • alternative hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1801[18].
  • alternative hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 8160[19].

Why It Matters

alternative hip-hop ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (737 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . musicbrainz.org. musicbrainz.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . allmusic.com. Retrieved . allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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