political hip-hop

subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged in the 1980s as a form of political expression and activism
Intangible music_genre Q969663
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political hip-hop

Summary

political hip-hop is a music genre[1]. It draws 388 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #267 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • political hip-hop's image is recorded as Public Enemy at Castillo Negro, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, 20 April 2007.jpg[3].
  • political hip-hop's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • political hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as hip-hop[5].
  • political hip-hop's subclass of is recorded as leftist music[6].
  • political hip-hop's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of political hip-hop[8].
  • political hip-hop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ck9l7[9].
  • political hip-hop's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Political hip-hop[10].
  • political hip-hop's BBC Things ID is recorded as ac54182f-b25c-4256-b2d5-40b83279451d[11].
  • political hip-hop's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Political hip hop'}[12].
  • political hip-hop's different from is recorded as conscious hip-hop[13].
  • political hip-hop's Quora topic ID is recorded as Political-Hip-Hop[14].
  • political hip-hop's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as aa92e307-b2bc-4802-8953-48b8c912fe9a[15].
  • political hip-hop's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as political-hip-hop[16].
  • political hip-hop's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000012322[17].
  • political hip-hop's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as politicalhiphop[18].
  • political hip-hop's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as rappolitico[19].

Why It Matters

political hip-hop draws 388 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #267 of 1,946).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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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