Hardcore hip hop

Hardcore hip hop
Hardcore hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop
Cultural origins	Early 1980s, mainly in New York City and Philadelphia
Derivative forms	Gangsta rap; horrorcore; road rap; mafioso rap; dirty rap; drill; trap; rage rap;
Regional scenes
	West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop

Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and confrontation.