East Coast hip-hop

regional subgenre of hip-hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s
Intangible music_genre Q876171
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East Coast hip-hop

Summary

East Coast hip-hop is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (634 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Coast hip-hop's image is recorded as Nas-04.jpg[3].
  • East Coast hip-hop's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • East Coast hip-hop's instance of is recorded as musical scene[5].
  • East Coast hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as American hip-hop[6].
  • East Coast hip-hop's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of East Coast hip-hop[8].
  • East Coast hip-hop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016_nr[9].
  • East Coast hip-hop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Coast hip-hop[10].
  • East Coast hip-hop's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 1bafab01-c092-47bc-84ee-a6b503b3cb86[11].
  • East Coast hip-hop's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as east-coast-hip-hop[12].
  • East Coast hip-hop's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000002563[13].
  • East Coast hip-hop's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as eastcoasthiphop[14].
  • East Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1070[15].
  • East Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1803[16].
  • East Coast hip-hop's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 8163[17].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for East Coast hip-hop include East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry[18], a hip hop rivalry[19].

Why It Matters

East Coast hip-hop ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (634 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry[18], a hip hop rivalry[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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