alternative hip-hop

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

Class type of: hip-hop, rapping, alternative music Q438503

Facts

4 properties

Instance of: music genre
Inception: 1988^[6]
Subclass of: hip-hop, rapping, alternative music^[2]^[3]^[4]
Country of origin: United States^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en alternative hip-hop en alt rap en alt hip-hop en alternative rap ar هيب هوب بديل cs alternativní hip-hop cs alternativní rap da Alternativ rap da alternativ hip hop el εναλλακτική χιπ χοπ en-gb alternative hip hop es hip hop alternativo es rap alternativo fa آلترناتیو هیپ هاپ fa آلترناتیو رپ fi vaihtoehtoinen hip hop fi vaihtoehtoinen hiphop fr hip-hop alternatif fr rap alternatif he היפ הופ אלטרנטיבי

🔖 Identifiers · 9

AllMusic genre/style ID: ma0000012203
BabelNet ID: 01696705n
Every Noise at Once ID: alternativehiphop
Freebase ID: /m/012yc
ITunes genre ID (archived): 8.2k (1.1k–8.2k, n=3)
MusicBrainz genre ID: 924943cd-73c8-45c0-96eb-74f2a15e5d6e
Quora topic ID: Alternative-Hip-Hop
Subreddit: altrap
Topic's main category: Category:Alternative hip-hop

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Subclass of 3

hip-hop, rapping, alternative music

Country of origin 1

United States

Instance of 1

music genre

Subtypes 1

hipster hop

Topic's main category 1

Category:Alternative hip-hop

← Category combines topics 1

Category:Alternative hip-hop albums

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Category:Alternative hip-hop

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Summary

alternative hip-hop is a music genre^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ alternative hip-hop — subclass of (P279): hip-hop. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ alternative hip-hop — subclass of (P279): rapping. allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ alternative hip-hop — subclass of (P279): alternative music. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ alternative hip-hop — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ alternative hip-hop — inception (P571): 1988. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ alternative hip-hop is an instance of music genre (Q188451) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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