[hip-hop] 
Slang.| 1. | the popular subculture of big-city teenagers, which includes rap music, break dancing, and graffiti art. |
| 2. | rap music. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of this subculture: the hip-hop generation. |
| hip-hop (hĭp'hŏp') n.
[Probably hip2 + hop1.] |
Another name for rap music.
Note: The term hip-hop also refers to the speech, fashions, and personal style adopted by many youths, particularly in urban areas.
hip-hop
cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and '90s; also, the backing music for rap, the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or rhyming speech that became the movement's most lasting and influential art form
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