Singapore hip hop

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Singapore hip hop is a collective of hip hop music, graffiti arts, deejaying/turntablism, break dancing and beatboxing, which are performed by hip hop enthusiasts who are of Singapore descent mainly from the four races of the metropolis; the Chinese, Malays, Indians and the Eurasian. This movement began in the mid-1980s, influenced significantly by Singapore's role as an international port that facilitated cultural exchanges, notably with the United States where hip hop originated.

## History

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Rap music is released in Singapore mainly in English and in different languages and dialects such as Chinese , Bahasa Melayu and Tamil. [1] A version of Singaporean English called Singlish surfaced from the earliest hip-hop music liberation of Singapore from a nonexistent band called "Kopi Kat Klan".

In the 1990s, rap duo Construction Sight, consisting of Sheikh Heikel and Ashidiq Ghazali, after winning Asia Bagus Grand Championship, a talent show, was credited as "Singapore's first ever rap group".[2][3] After winning the Grand Championship, they released a few rap albums.

Sheikh was considered the god-father of the Singapore's rap scene.[4]

In Canada, Masiah One of Merdek’s music is cited as the most successful Singapore-born, female rapper in the island’s music industry.

In 2011, there was a year, graffiti got the most brilliance, as AsNo Doink and Clogtwo represented in Taiwan and took the 2nd Asian Wall-Lords finals for Singapore, which was the highest honour any artist graffiti have achieved in Singapore. And in 2014, Asno Doink represented Singapore & Asia in a meeting of the Styles of the World to meet in Wisbeden Germany as part of the Made from Skratch Eurotour. He was awarded the "Best Text Writer" Award for his Javi inspired text. He together Made from Skratch, and his crew #ProjectBurnerz, collaborate with the *scape on a graffiti wall mural in August 2014, so that they would leave a mark on the most prominent wall in Singapore. Negotiations of another mural was planned in 2020.

In 2012, we saw 2 beatboxers representing Singapore at the Beatbox Battle World Championship held in Berlin . They were Zul Mystroe (showcase category) and Dharni (battle category). Dharni, which earlier in 2009, was placed 4th in the Beatbox Battle World Championship and has been crowned World Champion in 2015

## References

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1. ^ Fu, Lequn (2015). "Popular Music in Singapore: Cultural Interactions and the "Inauthenticity" of Singaporean Music". SHS Web of Conferences. 14: 02013. doi:10.1051/shsconf/20151402013. ISSN 2261-2424.
2. ^ Razali Abdullah (4 April 2002). "A hip Sheikh, For Sure". p. 27.
3. ^ Chandran, Nyshka. "This Muslim rapper slings halal country fried steak and hip-hop life lessons". CNBC. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
4. ^ Auto, Hermes (14 November 2021). "S'pore rap trailblazer Sheikh Haikel to retire after three decades of music | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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Hip hop

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Culture|

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Subgenres|

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* Alternative
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* Bounce
* British
* Road rap
* Chipmunk soul
* Chopped and screwed
* Chopper
* Cloud rap
* Comedy
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* Lofi
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* Political
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* Snap music
* Southern
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Hardcore|

* Dirty rap
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* Mafioso rap
* G-funk
* Horrorcore
* Memphis rap

Trap music|

* Afro trap
* Drill
* Brooklyn drill
* Jersey drill
* Sample drill
* UK drill
* Latin trap
* Phonk
* Plugg
* Rage
* Tread
* UK trap

Fusion genres|

| General|

* Country rap
* Electro
* Emo rap
* Hip hop soul
* Hip house
* Industrial
* Jazz rap
* New jack swing
* Pop rap
* Psychedelic rap
* Punk rap
* Ragga
* Rap opera
* Rap rock
* Trip hop

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Rap metal|

* Trap metal
* Nu metal

Regional|

* Afroswing
* Bongo flava
* Boomba music
* Cumbia rap
* Genge
* Hip hop galsen
* Hipco
* Hiplife
* Igbo rap
* Kwaito
* Low bap
* Motswako
* Na mele paleoleo
* Nuyorican rap
* Romany hip hop
* Songo-salsa
* Scam rap
* Stronda
* Urban Pasifika
* Vigilante rap
* Zenji flava

Derivatives|

| Electronic|

* Breakbeat
* Baltimore club
* Florida breaks
* Ghetto house
* Ghettotech
* Glitch hop
* Grime
* Illbient
* Freestyle
* Wonky

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Other|

* Funk carioca
* Reggaeton
* Alternative reggaeton

Regional scenes|

| African|

* Algerian
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Asian|

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Middle Eastern|

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* Yemeni

North American|

United States:

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Outside the US:

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Oceanian|

* Australian
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South American|

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Other topics|

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