Korean hip hop

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Korean hip hop
Stylistic origins	Hip hop, K-pop
Cultural origins	Late 1980s – early 1990s, South Korea
Other topics
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Korean hip-hop, also known as K-hip-hop or K-rap, is a subgenre of the South Korean popular music.

It is widely considered to have originated in the late 1980s and early 1990s,^[1][2] and has since become increasingly popular, both in South Korea and abroad.^[3][4][5]

While South Korea's hip-hop culture includes various elements such as rap, graffiti, DJing, turntablism, and b-boying,^[6][7] rapping makes up a significant part of the culture. The term "hip-hop" is largely recognized and understood as "rap" in Korea.^[8]